I agree! That took a lot of creativity, ingenuity and inspiration! Not a run-of-the-mill creation to be sure! :) I wonder how you and I would fare as platypi?
I believe it was the great French philosopher François-Marie Arouet that once said "God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." When a mind of such greatness makes such an observation who am I to disagree?
Of course He does. Existence is a belly laugh, evolution more so. Bumblebees can't fly, but somebody forgot to tell them. The platypus is either a joke or a mistake, and God don't goof.