They don't.
The platypus has a leathery snout, sometimes called a bill. It is nothing like a duck's bill or a bird's beak. The platypus uses its bill to find food. It closes its eyes when underwater, and uses its bill to detect movements. Equipped with electroreceptors, the sensitive bill can sense electrical impulses, even the tiniest of movements made by underwater crustaceans.
The bill/snout is also used to shovel up the soil on the bottom of the river or creek in order to find the food. Once found, the platypus uses grinding plates in its bill, rather than teeth, to crush the food before eating it.
The platypus does not have a beak. It has a bill.
The platypus's bill is covered with thousands of tiny electroreceptor cells, which enable it to detect the electrical impulses of tiny water-dwelling creatures. Once detected, the platypus then uses its bill to shovel the mud and get to the creatures, which form its main food source.
His beak is orange or tangerineAnd Perry is not an accurate example of a Platypus.
A Platypus is covered with brown fur on its body and broad flat tail. It has a duck like beak and webbed feet.
A BEAK :P A BEAK :P
The platypus does not have a beak. It has a bill.The platypus's bill is covered with thousands of tiny electroreceptor cells, which enable it to detect the electrical impulses of tiny water-dwelling creatures. Once detected, the platypus then uses its bill to shovel the mud and get to the creatures, which form its main food source.
The platypus does not have a beak. It has a bill.The platypus's bill is covered with thousands of tiny electroreceptor cells, which enable it to detect the electrical impulses of tiny water-dwelling creatures. Once detected, the platypus then uses its bill to shovel the mud and get to the creatures, which form its main food source.
A bill is flat where as a beak is curved.
The bill is a type of beak on an animal such as a duck or a platypus.
* Long-beak echidna - native to New Guinea * Short beak echidna - native to Australia * Platypus - native to Australia
The scientific name (sometimes also called the Latin name) of the platypus is ornithorhynchus anatinus.
"Flat-footed"
two very not pointy triangles put together.
The word platypus is from the Greek platypous, meaning "flat-footed": from platys "broad, flat" + pous "foot."The scientific name (sometimes also called the Latin name) of the platypus is ornithorhynchus anatinus.