the discovery of the platypus certainly made some men shudder. lol. I love the ending. :)

I love that it was met with so much incredulity initially. I guess after so many frauds, it was only natural. This world has some weird animals, to be sure. Glad you liked this and thanks for the comment.

I like the story, but part of me wonders why it’s been made into a poem when it would work just as well as prose… That may just be me.

I feel like it’s more lyric than narrative. Personally, I’m not into writing prose without any kind of a story, so this fits better as a poem.