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What is the similarities between a platypus's and an echidna's hind spur?
There are no similarities, apart from the fact that the spur is located on each animal's hind legs. The platypus's spur is sharp and attached to a venom gland in the platypus's thigh.The echidna's spur is blunt, and is not attached to a functional venom gland.
What do you call the spike on a roosters legs?
The spike on a roosters leg is called a spur. they can get sharp so when they get to big you need to file them. for instructions see http://www.fowlvisions.com/?p=39
Does an echidna have a hind leg spur?
The echidna has a spur on its hind legs but, unlike the platypus, the spur is not attached to a functional venom gland. The spur is also blunt.
Does a female platypus have a spur on its hind legs?
No, only male platypuses have spurs on their hind legs. Young females do have them, but lose the spur by about the age of ten months.
What is the name of a cowboys sharp boot extension?
a spur or spurs
Does a platypus have one spur or two spurs?
Male platypuses have on spur on each of their back legs. Females have no spurs.
What is the difference between a platypus's and an echidna's hind spur?
The platypus's spur is sharp and attached to a venom gland in the platypus's thigh. The echidna's spur is blunt, and is not attached to a functional venom gland.
Spiky projection on back of legs of male game bird?
spur
What is the spiky projection on the back of the legs of a male game bird called?
spur
What is the word for a mountain ridge?
ArêteA sharp, narrow mountain ridge or spur, produced by glaciation, is known as an Arête.range
How do you find the first spur in you spy super challenger?
Locate the rooster in the clear marble, just above the sheriff's badge on page 20. The sharp point on the back of a rooster's foot is called a spur.
Is it the male or female platypus that has poison claws?
The male platypus has a venomous spur, not "poisonous claw", on each of its hind legs. Young females also have the spur, but it is not venomous and they lose it by about the age of ten months.
