PUZZLE HISTORY

The Puggle is not a hybrid dog. There is a baby Echidna or a baby Platypus which are both monotremes from Australia.

1970

The Puggle character has been around since the mid-1970s. He is a toy character from The Lost Forests. Puggle is a registered trademark owned by The Lost Forests group in Australia.

http://www.thelostforests.com.au

DOGS

Puggles are a relatively new type of hybrid dog breed; The first puggles bred were in 2000 by a breeder named Wallace Havens, owner and operator of Puppy Haven Kennels in Kingston, Wisconsin. The puggle is not purebred; is a cross of a purebred Beagle mother and a purebred Pug father. The hybrid puggle is recognized by the American Canine Hybrid club.

BABY PLATYPUS AND ECHIDNA

Information from the Australian Platypus Conservatory on Puggle

Dr. Shaw, in his 1799 scientific description, named it Platypus anatinus, from the Greek and Latin words for “flat feet, like a duck.” However, when it became known that Platypus had already been used to name a group of beetles, a new term had to be adopted. The official scientific name became and remains Ornithorhynchus anatinus, and the first word means “bird-like snout.”

Although the name “duckbill” was widely used as a popular description of the animal, the abandoned scientific name “platypus” gradually became the accepted common name for the species.

The preferred plural of platypus is “platypus” or “platypus,” depending on which dictionary you consult. (We use the former for the sake of simplicity.) The term “platypi” is no longer considered valid.

There is no accepted term, equivalent to cub or cub, to describe a baby platypus. A possible recently suggested name is “platypus.”

In recent years, the inappropriate word “puggles” has been commonly used for baby platypus. This term was applied to baby echidnas a few years ago because of their resemblance to Puggles, an American stuffed animal character. (It is understood that the toy company in question may have considered taking legal action to protect its trademark in relation to unauthorized use.) For some reason, this name is now being applied to baby platypus. This is misinformed (baby platypus and echidnas don’t look much alike, once they pass the initial post-hatching stage of “jelly beans,” so baby platypus don’t look much like Puggles) and possibly is illegal. http://www.thelostforests.com.au

ABORIGINE LEGEND

According to Aboriginal legend, the first platypus was born after a young female duck mated with a solitary and persuasive water rat. The baby duck had its mother’s beak and webbed feet and its father’s four feet and beautiful brown fur.

The true (true) story of the Lost Woods Puggle

Once upon a time there were four million, three thousand, two hundred and one … Puggles, but now there are only a few full bags left, like this one. Puggles lived in Australian bushland underground in tunnels. They would come out of their holes at night to feed on their favorite tucker, split peas! Throughout the night they gathered every pea they could find, and as daylight approached, it “dawned on them” that they had to go home.

Waiting for them at their entrance doors would be the local people, (that is why they were called “first settlers”). Of course, the Puggles had gotten so stuffed with split peas that they couldn’t get into their holes and got stuck with their butt on top, making them easy prey for people who simply loved Puggle cake.

Therefore, the last of the night, tie it well and do not release it until morning. This way, Puggles won’t go extinct and maybe one day there will be as many Puggles as there were before …

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