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26 year old Russian designer Jenya Bolotov says his transformation is complete. He now claims, “Externally, I am now a platypus.” The Platypus man went on to say in an interview with News Dog Media that, “My resemblance is the way I want it to be. It takes bravery to do what I’ve done and I will keep modifying my body until I am happy.”

Bolatov has been modifying his body incrementally since age 18, widening his lower lip drastically, which according to Cosmopolitan stretches out over two inches vertically, as well as piercing many untraditional areas of his face. Many of Bolotov’s piercings are florescent in backlight, which make the designer’s appearance in the dark all the more harrowing. Take a look at this very cool but creepy video where you can see Bolotov’s facial modification up close.



Bolotov says that he plans to continue to pierce and modify his body. However, we are unsure how additional piercing will make him further resemble the mysterious semiaquatic, egg-laying, duck-billed Platypus he claims to have achieved. Whether this is some kind of call for help, publicity stunt, or something that truly makes him happy, what Bolotov is doing is not hurting anyone else (possibly other than himself and quite probably his mother’s heart). At the very least, his transformation speaks to diversity of human- and, we guess, platypus kind.

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