{"id":4895,"date":"2014-01-08T08:21:39","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T13:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=4895"},"modified":"2014-01-08T08:22:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T13:22:54","slug":"i-declare-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/01\/08\/i-declare-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"I declare 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4899\" style=\"width: 318px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4899\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/01\/08\/i-declare-2014\/platypus\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/platypus.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"666,753\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"platypus\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/platypus-530x600.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/platypus.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-4899\" alt=\"platypus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/platypus-530x600.jpg\" width=\"318\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/platypus-530x600.jpg 530w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/platypus-132x150.jpg 132w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/platypus-127x144.jpg 127w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/platypus.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">darn! I knew something was wrong with the nostrils!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I declare 2014 the year of the platypus.\u00a0 And I declare the platypus the coolest animal ever!\u00a0 It is one of only two mammals to lay eggs.\u00a0 It uses electrolocation, it is venomous, it has no stomach, and it is adorable.\u00a0 See look:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a6QHzIJO5a8\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I declare 2014 the year of the platypus.\u00a0 And I declare the platypus the coolest animal ever!\u00a0 It is one of only two mammals to lay eggs.\u00a0 It uses electrolocation, it is venomous, it has no stomach, and it is adorable.\u00a0 See look:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[91],"class_list":["post-4895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-new-year"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5203,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2014\/11\/09\/australia-love-from-afar\/","url_meta":{"origin":4895,"position":0},"title":"Australia &#8211; love from afar","author":"leems","date":"November 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello there, lovers of the strange and unusual.\u00a0 There is no place better to find strange and unusual than Australia and I've picked out a few examples of evolutionary diversion to share with you today. 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