The first scientist to examine the platypus believed it was a hoax, but the creepy animal was not a hybrid of a duck, beaver and otter -- it turned out to be real.
In addition to the living, breathing platypus, there are plenty of fictional hybrid animals dreamed up by digital artists with Photoshop skills and too much time on their hands.
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We're big fans of the subreddit based on hybrid animals, so when artist Sarah DeRemer sent us her animal food mashup, we were excited to learn that she had a stockpile of more "traditional" hybrid animals.
Check them out, below:
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