# The Packaging Platypus **URL:** \ **Category:** Packaging\ **Created:** [July 4, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/the-packaging-platypus/1939 "2019-07-04T16:44:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dholth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/dholth/32/952_2.png) [@dholth](https://discuss.python.org/u/dholth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/the-packaging-platypus/1939/1 "2019-07-04T16:44:26Z")
At PyCon this year @voidspace remarked that the platypus would be a good animal mascot for Python packaging. This was so obviously true that a few of us got together to sponsor the creation of some artwork. Presenting the Packaging Platypus. ![packaging_platypus](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/python1/original/2X/6/6e6f96523318b41257f8ce1d360dbfe66a22cfbd.png) I really hope you like it. If you like it, see its website at [https://monotreme.club](https://monotreme.club). We have stickers. ---
**Author:** ![dholth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/dholth/32/952_2.png) [@dholth](https://discuss.python.org/u/dholth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/the-packaging-platypus/1939/2 "2020-04-22T12:37:57Z")
If you need this offline monotreme.club is available as a progressive web application. It can be saved to a home screen or desktop and it will load without a connection. You can color the platypus yourself at [https://monotreme.club/#/color](https://monotreme.club/#/color) , and you can share the URL to share your color scheme. ---
**Author:** ![pradyunsg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/pradyunsg/32/206_2.png) [@pradyunsg](https://discuss.python.org/u/pradyunsg)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/the-packaging-platypus/1939/3 "2020-08-26T13:49:14Z")
I see the SSL certificate here has expired. Could someone look into this? ---
**Author:** ![sumanah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/sumanah/32/1722_2.png) [@sumanah](https://discuss.python.org/u/sumanah)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/the-packaging-platypus/1939/4 "2020-09-30T03:39:04Z")
Looks fixed now! Used in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4GQCBBsuNU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4GQCBBsuNU) and in lots of tweets about the pip work. ---
**Author:** ![nchammas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/nchammas/32/233_2.png) [@nchammas](https://discuss.python.org/u/nchammas)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/the-packaging-platypus/1939/5 "2021-04-06T15:16:26Z")
@dholth - Could you explain the different elements in the image? I’m curious. Some of them are obvious to me, and some of them not. - The platypus is the new packaging mascot. - The cardboard box is a reference to packaging. - The snake is a reference to Python. - The cheese wheel is both a reference to PyPI, a.k.a The Cheese Shop, as well as to the `.whl` format. - The spotted egg (I think?) is a reference to the `.egg` format. The references that I’m not getting are: - The bird. - The ball of yarn (?). - The orange half. ---
**Author:** ![pf\_moore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/pf_moore/32/35_2.png) [@pf\_moore](https://discuss.python.org/u/pf_moore)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/the-packaging-platypus/1939/6 "2021-04-06T15:33:44Z")
> [@nchammas](#): > > The ball of yarn Twine, I assume. ---
**Author:** ![dholth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/dholth/32/952_2.png) [@dholth](https://discuss.python.org/u/dholth)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/the-packaging-platypus/1939/7 "2021-04-06T17:18:27Z")
> **[The Five Orange Pips](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Orange_Pips)** > > "The Five Orange Pips", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fifth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. > The story was first published in The Strand Magazine in November 1891. Conan Doyle later ranked the story seventh in a list of his twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. This is also one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help. The other is "The Adventure of the Danc... [https://flit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/](https://flit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) With apologies to Poetry, and any other packaging tools that we weren’t able to represent. > **[monotreme club](https://monotreme.club/#/color/ ____w4t8wMJr_saOxVfJ5eGH__ I4JZO9ZcSYJbr6yMnE9YWz4To8y9tBw7SNw4t8_8Ix_pKSedQ)** > > Introducing the packaging platypus. Celebrating the strange and continuing evolution of Python's packaging systems. ---
**Author:** ![oktaysafak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/oktaysafak/32/3377_2.png) [@oktaysafak](https://discuss.python.org/u/oktaysafak)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/the-packaging-platypus/1939/8 "2021-04-14T08:16:55Z")
From the “Platypus Facts” on the page: “Can incapacitate a human with its venom” Haha, so fitting as Python Packaging has the ability to practically incapacitate a newcomer (or even an experienced developer sometimes) :)) ---
**Author:** ![hugovk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/hugovk/32/14505_2.png) [@hugovk](https://discuss.python.org/u/hugovk)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/the-packaging-platypus/1939/9 "2023-11-09T19:01:47Z")
So the ball of yarn is twine, the orange half is pip, what is the bird? ---
**Author:** ![merwok](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/merwok/32/29_2.png) [@merwok](https://discuss.python.org/u/merwok)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/the-packaging-platypus/1939/10 "2023-11-09T19:52:44Z")
Flit I suppose. We had the packaging pig around 2010-2012, then recently a discussion about drawing the elephant, then this new idea of a platypus with accessories. I miss the pig 🐖 ---
**Author:** ![dholth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/dholth/32/952_2.png) [@dholth](https://discuss.python.org/u/dholth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/the-packaging-platypus/1939/11 "2023-11-09T23:47:13Z")
IIRC the pig was eaten. Hope it was delicious!