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What special features does the male platypus have to protect itself from predators?
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The male platypus has a poison spur in its hind legs which can kill small animals, and injure ones larger than itself.
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What special features does the female platypus have to protect itself from predators?
The female platypus has no special features to protect itself from predators. The male, however, has a venonous spur on its hind leg. This spur is capable of injecting a powerful venom that causes agonising, paralysing pain to larger animals, and kills small animals.
How do polar bears protect themseleves from predators?
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A hedgehogs special features is the spikes because it helps them to protect themselves, it is a defense weapon against predators.
What are hedgehogs special features?
A hedgehogs special features is the spikes because it helps them to protect themselves, it is a defense weapon against predators.
What special physical characteristic does the male platypus have so it can protect itself from predators?
The male platypus has a spur on its hind ankle with which it can inject venom. Though the venom is not enough to kill an adult human, it can cause extreme agony, and it can also kill a small dog.
What special physical feature does the male platypus have so it can protect itself from predators?
The male Platypus has ankle spurs which produce a cocktail of venom, composed largely of defensin-like proteins (DLPs), which is unique to the Platypus. Although powerful enough to kill smaller animals, the venom is not lethal to humans, but is so excruciating that the victim may be incapacitated.
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The special features that a Deer have is that they are able to search for their own food and protect one another.
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The police, Army and Firemen.
What is the feminine of a platypus?
There is no special term for either the female or the male platypus.
Two special features that a squid has for hiding from predators?
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