Winston Churchill asked Australia to send him a platypus by ship in secret World War II mission Posted on April 25, 2023 By Charlielikes A live platypus had never been seen in Europe when Churchill hatched his bizarre plan to have one sent 20,0000km by sea to London Zoo in the middle of history’s biggest global war. news Tags:‘a, ‘send, ‘ship, ‘to, ‘world, asked, australia, by, churchill, him’, ii’, in, mission, news, platypus, secret, topnews, trending, war’, winston