>>34952315it's what's making me think they're real. it's not outside the realms of possibility for GF to make those kinds of choices (big heads on small creatures is supposed to reach into our primal nature to care for small, cute helpless things, an amalgamation of parts which call to mind parts of other 'mons, subtly paying homage to the first real world platypus specimens and the scientists who rubbished them)
Christ, I can even see the platypus' pokédex entry now "Due to this pokémon's odd looks, many researchers originally thought it a clever forgery"
