How does a platypus get away from its prey?

Answer 1

It swims underwater with its eyes closed and detects its prey with its very sensitive bill, which also can detect electrical impulses, similar to the snout of a shark.

It dives down to the bottom of a lake, river, or stream, and wiggles its bill in the sand. The electro receptors in its bill senses its prey. The Platypus grabsits prey and stores it in cheek pouches until it reaches the surface, and then it moves the food forward and grinds it up with its grinding pads.

Answer 2

Platypuses use their bills to catch their prey. Without their bills, platypuses could neither hunt nor eat. To catch their prey they use the fine, sensitive electroreceptors on their bills, which detect the tiny electrical impulses made by these underwater creatures. After locating their prey, they dig up the mud with their bill to grasp them, crushing the creatures between grinding plates in their bills.

Answer 3

Platypuses have the normal five senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell. In addition, they have an extra sense of electroreception. The bill of a platypus has sensitive electroreceptors which pick up tiny nerve and electrical impulses generated by crustaceans and other animals that inhabit the bottom of the creek or river in which they hunt.

Answer 4

To catch their prey, platypuses must make several hundred dives a day in order to catch enough food. They use the fine, sensitive electroreceptors on their bills, which detect the tiny electrical impulses made by underwater creatures. After locating their prey, they dig up the mud with their bill like a shovel to grasp them, crushing the creatures between grinding plates in their bills.

Answer 5

Platypuses do not need to see when they hunt for food. Platypuses catch their food in the water and, when they go underwater, they shut their eyes tightly. The bill of a platypus has sensitive electroreceptors which pick up tiny nerve and electrical impulses generated by crustaceans and other animals that inhabit the bottom of the creek or river. The platypus then uses its bill to shovel away the dirt, and find the food.

Answer 6

Platypuses are nocturnal hunters. They catch their food in the water and, when they go underwater, they shut their eyes tightly. The bill of a platypus has sensitive electroreceptors which pick up tiny nerve and electrical impulses generated by crustaceans and other animals that inhabit the bottom of the creek or river. The platypus then uses its bill to shovel away the dirt, and find the food.

Answer 7

It doesn't- it might get away from a predator but will tend to move towards its prey.