How is a platypus's bill different from the duck's bill?

Answer 1

The platypus is a real animal. It is a unique, egg-laying mammal (monotreme) of Australia. It is not known as a "duck-billed platypus" in Australia, but just by the name platypus. Its bill is actually nothing like that of a duck.

Answer 2

They don't.

The bill of a platypus is quite different in size and functions to a duck's bill. It is flatter, and it is equipped with electro-receptors which enable it to find food by locating small crustaceans by the tiny electrical impulses they emit.

Answer 3

The platypus's bill is broader and flatter than a duck's bill. It contains sensitive electroreceptors which can pick up tiny electrical impulses from aquatic animals and insect larvae underwater, which is what the platypus eats. The platypus also uses its bill to scoop up these creatures from the mud.

The duck's bill is made of beta-keratin whereas the platypus has an extended skull surrounded by skin which looks like a bill. A platypus's bill is not made out of bone or cartilage, but of a leathery skin.

Answer 4

The platypus does not have a "duck bill". Its bill is very different from that of a duck's, being broader and flatter, and serving a completely different function.

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 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.

Answer 5

While the shape of the platypus's bill is vaguely the same as the shape of a duck's bill, in reality the bills look quite different. The platypus's bill is broader and flatter than a duck's bill.

Answer 6

The platypus does not have a "duck's bill". Its bill is very different from that of a duck's, being broader and flatter, and serving a completely different function.

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 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.

Answer 7

No.

The bill of a platypus is quite different in size and functions to a duck's bill. It is flatter, and it is equipped with electro-receptors which enable it to find food by locating small crustaceans by the tiny electrical impulses they emit.

Answer 8

"Duck bill platypus" is a misleading term for the creature simply known as the Platypus.

The Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia and Tasmania. Together with the short-beaked and long-beaked echidna, it is one of the three species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. Like placental mammals and marsupials, the young are suckled by the mother. It is the sole living representative of its family (Ornithorhynchidae) and genus (Ornithorhynchus), though a number of related species have been found in the fossil record.

Platypuses live in burrows they dig in riverbanks, and hunt for their food in water. Their bills are equipped with very sensitive electro-receptors, with which they can sense the movements of tiny crustaceans and larvae on the bottom of rivers and creeks.

Whilst some may say it has a unique appearance similar to that of a beaver with a duck's head, it really does not look like that at all. It is covered in fur, and its head is flat and streamlined for swimming under the water's surface. Its bill is different in shape to that of a duck, so even the term "duck-billed platypus" is a misnomer. It has webbed feet, claws and a flat tail, and lives in burrows in riverbanks.

The bizarre appearance of this egg-laying, duck-billed mammal baffled naturalists when it was first discovered, with some considering it an elaborate fraud. It is one of the few venomous mammals; the male Platypus has a spur on the hind foot which delivers a poison capable of killing a small dog or causing severe pain to humans. The unique features of the Platypus make it an important subject in the study of Biology.

Answer 9

A baby platypus does not have a particular name. It is simply called a baby platypus.

It is neither a "puggle" nor a "platypup".