OLD EGG-THEMED THREAD REPOST

It took almost a century between the platypus becoming known to western scientists and conclusively proving that they laid eggs. Oh, and there were a few existential crises along the way.

For the first couple of decades of knowing about platypuses, quite a lot of them were convinced it must be a hoax, because look at it.

Once the scientists had examined enough specimens and gone off to Australia to look at them, they established that platypuses definitely weren't the work of a taxidermist working through some weird feelings. So science moved towards a stance of "what the fuck, what the fucking fuck".
@vagina_museum that’s still my feeling about playpuses!