[ WP ] An alien xenobiologist has visited our planet . Write his reactions after seeing a platypus for the first time , and his human friend 's attempts to explain its nature .

`` What the fuck is that?'' Nobody was surprised by this exclamation, and the visit to Australia had already prompted it several times. When Chotzavsimilols'vim first vistied Earth, he was, admitteld, bad at blending in. Thankfully, by befriending outcasts in the first place, his friends did n't really care when he revealed his true nature to them. Referring to him as male was, of course, just a formality based on the human form he'd adopted, as his species had twelve sexes and thirty-six genders, but he'd gone for the white male human form after studying the power structure of the dominant species of Earth. Still, his friends were surprised when he had continued to make the same exclamation. 
 
 `` Dude, Zim, calm down. It's just a platypus. Honestly, it's one of the safer things in this place.'' Zim was the nickname that James had given him due to his poor skill blending in, as well as the green hair he had chosen upon joining the group of outcasts. After learning the origins of it, he had to admit, it fit. 
 
 `` Yeah, you've seen the footlong spiders and exploding trees in Australia. Why is the platypus so shocking?'' That was Sharon. She had a point, but he still could n't let go of his shock. Sure, the platypus was tame by the standards of his own world, but this was n't his own world. As a scientist, a xenobiologist, studying this planet, he could n't help but be shocked by the creature. It just did n't make any sense. It was a mammal, as they called this subgroup of life, but it had the characteristics of avians, and the males had a poisonous foot. A poisonous foot! He'd seen plenty of different things be poisonous in his centuries, but this might have actually been a first. 
 
 `` Why? Was this some experiment that got loose? A prank played by rogue scientists? Why does it exist?'' Chotzavsimilols'vim could n't believe that evolution was responsible for the creature. Earth was n't old enough for a clusterfuck of a species like this to evolve naturally, at least, not in his experience. 
 
 `` Nah man, at least not as far as any of us know. It's older than mad scientists on this planet.'' James said, in his typical laid-back tone. Were it not toxic to his species, Chotzavsimilols'vim would have gladly sampled some of the `` weed'', as the man called it, that gave James his personality. 
 
 `` What's the point of it then? It's got a beak! It does n't even look attached! It just looks like someone stuck it on the thing as a joke, and if you pull hard enough it'll come off!'' Chotzavsimilols'vim still was unable to understand how a creature could be. 
 
 `` Well, it would come off if you pull hard enough, but I'm pretty sure that's called animal cruelty.'' Sharon, with her usual snark, made Chotzavsimilols'vim smile a bit. Sarcasm and snark were considered some of the highest forms of humor in the galaxy, and she could have made the comedians of Zogfaf Rog Erusha die laughing. Her pale skin looked far too warm in the Australian heat, and he was afraid that she would come down with the `` sunburn'' if she did n't get inside soon. She was, as their species called it, a `` goth'', and did not handle the sunlight well apparently. 
 
 `` It lays eggs for Eomhawy's sake! It's one of your mammals, but it lays eggs! Okay, I've got to check this.'' He pulled out a gadget that lit up. Due to prior experience, James and Sharon knew it was basically a space iPhone. He typed in the Galactic standard language, and explained he was looking up the creature on, as he put it for them, `` the space Google''. Some pictures popped up, and Chotzavsimilols'vim sighed. 
 
 `` Right. That explains it. It's not natural. None of this continent is. Apparently, it was created for exiled Cardaler-Koner.'' Chotzavsimilols'vim smiled, relaxed in his assumption being proved right. `` Still, the species have mutated over time, and some of them have gone extinct. The poison foot is new.'' 
 
 `` What are the Cardaler-Koner?'' Sharon asked, curious to know about whatever aliens were sent to the down under. `` And, funny, that's what the British used Australia for as soon as they found it. Looks like it was built to last.'' 
 
 `` Well, let's see here...'' Chotzavsimilols'vim trailed off, doing some work between the `` space Internet'' and the human one. `` Ahh, there we go! Apparently, they stopped being sent here millions of years ago after a revolution. Your species has discovered their fossils, and I must admit, having met them, your name for their species fits. Apparently, your species nicknamed them the'Demon Duck of Doom'.'' 
 
 James and Sharon laughed, amazed that, of all things Australian, that was the one that came from another planet, rather than being created for the job of being a prison. 
 
 ***AN: The Demon Duck of Doom is a real historical animal. The head was the size of a small horse. It ate meat. It was a giant duck. ***
