![Baby Platypus Sculpture cute sculpture of a baby platypus in a person's hand](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/032/888/Screen_Shot_2020-02-19_at_10.10.52_AM.jpg)
Baby Platypus Sculpture
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About
Baby Platypus Sculpture is an image macro of artist Vladimir Matić-Kuriljov's sculpture of a small baby platypus made in July 2019. The image, which fooled some into thinking it was a real platypus, went viral on Reddit, Twitter and Instagram in February 2020.
Origin
On July 21st, 2019, fantasy artist Vladimir Matić-Kuriljov posted several photos of his "Stone Platypus Baby" sculpture to ArtStation.[2] The artist commented, "Sculpted in Super Sculpey, painted with acrylics. Probably the cutest thing I ever made." (shown below). The post gained 56,900 views and 69 likes in six months.
![Sculpture Shot](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/752/273/189.jpg)
![Sculpture Shot](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/752/275/faa.jpg)
![Sculpture Shot](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/752/274/0a1.jpg)
Spread
On February 14th, 2020, Redditor i124nk8 posted a photo of the sculpture to r/photoshopbattles[3] and gained 65,900 points (88% upvoted) in five days. Redditor Bert_the_Avenger replied by posting a photoshop with the comment "platypodes all the way down"which garnered 4,300 points in five days (shown below, left). Twitter user @BeefedUpStud[4] shared a photo of the sculpture with the caption, "I think he looks nice" and received over one million likes in four days. Twitter user @victor_pesina[5] replied with a Perry the Platypus, of Phineas and Ferb, inspired hat edit (shown below, right). The comment accumulated over 9,800 likes and 620 retweets in three days.
![Platypodes all the way down](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/752/276/03f.jpg)
![Perry vic @victor_pesina Replying to @BeefedUpStud 1:27 AM · Feb 16, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/752/277/306.png)
On February 17th, Instagram user possumkraton69[6] posted the image of the sculpture with the text "Baby platypus said arm the poor" which gained over 1,300 likes in a day (shown below). StayHipp[1] published an article on Baby Platypus sculpture memes.
![arm the poor BABY PLATYPUS SAID SAID ARM THE POOR](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/752/278/ce3.png)
Various Examples
![if you could not i would like that fyou could NOT iwould like that, @queerhôtsauce](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/752/279/062.png)
![Fighter Pilot ESCUE 0436](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/752/283/291.png)
![oil companies This baby platypus just told me oil companies should be held accountable for killing the planet and lying about it @climemechange](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/752/280/f3d.png)
![In a Little Boat](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/752/281/e63.png)
![Big Guy](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/752/282/d71.jpg)
![Perry](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/752/284/5d6.jpg)
Search Interest
External References
[1] StayHipp – Baby Platypus Memes
[2] ArtStation – Stone Platypus Baby
[3] Reddit – r/photoshopbattles
[4] Twitter – BeefedUpStud
[5] Twitter – victor_pensina
[6] Instagram – possumkratom69
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Poopy Stinky
Feb 19, 2020 at 01:27PM EST
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