A reluctant Penelope fakes a pregnancy, frustrating zoo staff and earning a reputation as a manipulative trickster.
Tension in the Platypusary, Penelope Seems Expectant New York Herald Tribune July 9, 1953 What Next?: Bronx Zoo Soon fo Hear the Tap-Tap of Little Platypus The Globe and Mail July 9, 1953 Penelope Is Expecting—a Platypus The Mail
July 11, 1953Penelope Yields to Cecil’s Charms And Zoo Hopes for Baby Platypus The New York Times
July 9, 1953It Looks Like Penelope Really Has Given Birth The Austin Statesman July 15, 1953 Has Zoo a Babv Platypus? Penelope Acts Like Mother New York Herald Tribune July 16, 1953 Penelope Croons Duckbill Lullabies Over Platypusary's Little Maybes Newsday
July 16, 1953 Is Penelope Busy Raising A Family Or Just Hungry? The Sun November 2, 1953 Platypus Will Multiply Times Pictorial Aug 15, 1953 Penelope Eats Like a Mother New York Herald Tribune July 21, 1953
No Sign Of Any Family, Platypus Just Hungry The Hartford Courant Nov 6, 1953 No Platypus Jr. New York Herald Tribune November 6, 1953
Platypus Penny Lives Like Queen But Zoo Fails To Get a Royal Heir The Atlanta Constitution November 6, 1953 Zoo Platypus Isn’t a Mother After All, Only a Faker The New York Times
November 6, 1953 Penelope's Joke New York Herald Tribune November 7, 1953 Sad News from Penelope Platypus The Courier-Mail
November 7, 1953 2 In One - Platypus Show The New York Times January 10, 1954 Penelope Wants No Platypus Romance; Snubs Cecils as Their Zoo Winter Ends The New York Times
May 8, 1954 Bronx Platypuses Reunited Again New York Herald Tribune May 8, 1954