Penelope Escaped the Platypusary
when she escaped from the what Penelope made headlines for her repeated refusal to mate with the zoo's male platypus, Cecil. The New York Times said that Penelope was not lovesick but "sick of love" when she escaped from the zoo's platypusary in 1957, never to be seen again. [3]
A fake-looking encyclopedia excerpt appears beneath the caption “when she escaped from the what,” describing Penelope the platypus fleeing a zoo platypusary after refusing to mate with Cecil. The joke is the absurd, apparently real-sounding word “platypusary” and the melodramatic news-story framing, making this useful as a reaction to bizarre or unbelievable information. EN: A fake-looking encyclopedia excerpt appears beneath the caption “when she escaped from the what,” describing Penelope the platypus fleeing a zoo platypusary after refusing to mate with Cecil. The joke is the absurd, apparently real-sounding word “platypusary” and the melodramatic news-story framing, making this useful as a reaction to bizarre or unbelievable information.
- @eternalclassic / 74737 2025-08-25
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- image
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- absurd, bewildered
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- en
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