Platypus Wassies (known colloquially as 'Platipies') are a strain of Wassies that are identifiable by having the body of a Wassie but with an elongated and broad tail resembling that of a platypus.
Though unable to navigate large bodies of waters, the rudder-like qualities of Platipies' tails allow them to swim in small bodies of liquids in a kitchen environment such as in soups, juices and even higher viscosity liquids such as yogurts. The tail also allows Platipies to burrow into certain medium such as soft soil, mashed potatoes and lasagna resulting in Platipies having an above-average number of deaths by suffocation. Many Platipies are also accidentally cooked in a human environment due to their innate desire to burrow into often microwavable foods.
Platipies have a strange affinity with eggs, both in the wild and in human environments. Platipies have been observed spending successive lifetimes lying next to eggs, guarding eggs and sometimes sitting on the eggs in an attempt to incubate them. Platipies even have territorial disputes over control of eggs leaving other Wassies looking on in amusement. If the eggs are small enough, Platipies also attempt to move them into burrows, leading to mass confusion when this happens in human environments.
Clever Outcasts have been observed luring droves of Platypies to their deaths through 'egg traps'.
