The male has a poisonous spur behinds it back left leg. However if you leave it alone it will leave you alone.
no it doesn't have any teeth
a platypus's bill is a bill that is on a platypus
a platypus's bill is a bill that is on a platypus
Ornithorhynchus anatinusThe original name was Platypus anatinus, from Greek and Latin words meaning "flat-footed, duck-like". After realising that the name "platypus" had already be given to a group of beetles, the scientist involved assigned the platypus the scientific name of Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the first word of which means "bird-like snout".
The platypus should not be called anything else. It is just a platypus. It is not a duckbilled platypus, or any other such misnomer.
A Platypus is not a primate.
No. The platypus is not a hoarder.
The platypus is called the platypus wherever one happens to be in Australia.
A male platypus has a venomous spur on each of its hind ankles. This spur is used to inject a poison that is strong enough to kill an animal such as a small dog, or to cause a human agonising and paralysing pain. The spur is only used in self-defence, as the platypus never attacks first.
From the time a platypus is hatched, it is called a platypus. It makes no difference whether the platypus is a day old, 17 weeks old or a year old. It is still a platypus. There is no official name for a young platypus. Despite what many websites report, a young platypus is not called a puggle.
The platypus is known overseas as the "duckbilled platypus" or just the "duckbill", but in Australia it is just commonly called the 'platypus'.The platypus is sometimes known as the duckbilled platypus, because its bill loosely resembles that of a duck, and is of a shape not found on any other mammal.
The word for platypus in German is "Schnabeltier".