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Ornithorhynchus anatinus - platypus
Sleeping geology
On the isolated shore
For millions of years
Experimental continent
On purpose or accident?
Mysterious evolving
Problem solving
A vaudeville? A nation including one superior creation
A vertebra? Inverted...quite unheard of...
Orphan in a family
And a sole survivor
He's a living fossil
Reptillian? Mammalian
He's a bird-beaked, beaver-butt Australian
Amphibious? Paradox wearing plaid socks
Furry beetle? A bugbear, and a palezoologist's nightmare
Symmetrical physique of disbelief
The platypus has the brain of a dolphin
and can be seen driving a forklift in his habitat of kelp
He is the larva of the flatworm
and has the ability to regenerate after injury
No relation to the flounder.
Someone shipped him to the blokes
Who said he was a hoax
So they cut him to pieces, wrote a thesis
A cranium of deceit, he's prone to lie and cheat;
It's no wonder -- a blunder from down under
Duckbill, watermole, duckmole!
Barnacle
On the isolated shore
For millions of years
On purpose or accident?
Problem solving
A vertebra? Inverted...quite unheard of...
And a sole survivor
He's a living fossil
He's a bird-beaked, beaver-butt Australian
Furry beetle? A bugbear, and a palezoologist's nightmare
Symmetrical physique of disbelief
and can be seen driving a forklift in his habitat of kelp
He is the larva of the flatworm
and has the ability to regenerate after injury
Who said he was a hoax
So they cut him to pieces, wrote a thesis
It's no wonder -- a blunder from down under
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Yup, about the Pus. Trevor loves them (check out the cover of his Trio-Convuslant's Sister-Phantom-Owl-Fish). This tune is a glorification of the oddity the Pus is. Oddity is a Dunn infatuation.
i'm not even gonna let myself get confused over this one
pure insanity?
F***ing great song
And this song was supposed to be part of their first album. Well, it does sound a little different from the rest of Disco Volante. Anyway, I love this song. When I was little i thought that the platypus was a cross between a duck and a rat.
It seems to be about when the Platypus was first discovered and how it was cut open to see what it exactly was. I'm Australian and I've seen a few Platypus's at the zoo. They really are odd animals.
Word. Fact; &c. [sic]
I always assumed it was actually about the Platypus, and the confusion that arose when it was discovered...
awesome insanity. wonderful.
Great song, but I don't think the lyrics are quite right. Although the opening line would make sense, as that is the latin name for Platypus, it doesn't sound like that's what Mike is saying. Sounds more like "I ain't the one who's an animus, platypus." There aren't enough syllables there for it to be "Ornithorhynchus anatinus".