Imagine stumbling upon a creature that looks like a mash-up of a duck, a beaver, and an otter—with a dash of poison thrown in ...

While the platypus is quirky and even kind of cute, it’s not an animal you ever want to underestimate — as seen in this video ...

For the scientific nitpickers wondering in advance, this measurement is calculated by comparing the total length of an adult male platypus from beak to tail to the asteroid's estimated diameter.