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The platypus has a number of unique characteristics which set it apart from other animals. It has:
- Webbed feet with a retracting webbed membrane which can expose the claws, enabling the platypus to effectively dig burrows. Its claws are used for digging burrows into riverbanks for shelter, and the webbing membrane retracts for that purpose, but spreads between its toes when it needs to swim - which it needs to do to get its food.
- It is an unusual mammal in that it has a bill. Its bill 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. It does not have teeth, but hard bony plates which it uses to grind the food.
- The platypus lays eggs (as does the echidna), unlike other mammals. However, it secretes mothers' milk through glands, rather than teats, on which the young feed after hatching.
- It has a flat tail which acts as a rudder
- Males have venomous spurs on their hind legs.
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What is a platypus called when it is 17 weeks old?
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.
What are the 2 burrows a platypus makes?
A platypus makes just one burrow for shelter, although the burrow may have mire than one entrance. During breeding season, a female platypus will dig a chamber at the end of the burrow, where she lays her eggs.
What makes a whale or platypas a mammal?
the correct spelling is platypus
What do an aardvark and a platypus make?
it makes a stage but funny name a platyvark!
Did Usher fail Grade One?
Yes because he's stupid and he makes no sense and he is a platypus.
Does a platypus have breasts?
Why of course. They're so large they're forced to wear a bra. It's skin colored and very sexy. All the little boy platypus's get they're granny panties in a twist when they see that girl platypus struttin her stuff. However male platypus's don't have moobs. Which makes platypus sex very difficult. Because in platypus life, boobs&&moobs make platypus baby. But platypus's are attracted to Brianne Warren,; very much so. Every year on the date Sixtopialovesnine.69.6969 they get together an do a jig, when all the platypus get all nude and they constantly sing "We, the platypus's with XXL DD boobs love Brianne Warren".........very sketchy.....
What is a platypus's bill?
a platypus's bill is a bill that is on a platypus
What is Platypus bill?
a platypus's bill is a bill that is on a platypus
What is the binomial name for the 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".
Is a platypus a hoarder?
No. The platypus is not a hoarder.
Is a platypus a primate?
A Platypus is not a primate.
What else can a platypus be called?
The platypus should not be called anything else. It is just a platypus. It is not a duckbilled platypus, or any other such misnomer.
