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Where do platypuses have their poison glands?
The platypus's venom gland is in its upper thigh. In the male platypus, this gland is attached to a hollow spur behind its rear ankle through which it can deliver the venom. Female platypuses do not have venom glands.
What are invisible characteristics of the platypus?
Male platypuses can produce venom.
Do platypus have venom in their wrists?
No. Male platypuses have venomous spur on their ankles, which are attached to venom glands in their thigh.
Does a pit viper shoot venom?
No. Pit vipers do not shoot venom. In fact there is one snake breed that does it is called a spitting cobra.
Are male platypuses venomous?
Yes. Male platypuses have a hollow spur behind their rear ankle which is attached to a venom gland in the platypus's thigh. The female is not venomous.
Can black widows shoot out venom?
No. The venom is released through their fangs when they bite.
Can platypuses kill animals?
Platypuses are not hunters of vertebrates: they eat only invertebrates. However, the venom of a male platypus can kill animals up to the size of a small dog.
What triggers the platypuses to sting you?
Platypuses do not "sting". Male platypuses have ankle spurs on their hind legs which are attached to venom glands in either thigh. Through these spurs they can dispense venom composed largely of defensin-like proteins (DLPs), unique to the Platypus. This venom is powerful enough to kill smaller animals, and to cause agonising pain to humans. A male platypus will only spur a person if they are interfering with the animal, trying (foolishly) to capture it.
What do male platypuses have on their ankle?
Both male and female platypuses are born with spur buds on their ankles. The female's spur buds drop off before they are a year old. The male's spurs produce venom. The venom is used for defense and increases during the mating season.
Which mammal injects venom through its teeth?
Solenodons, short-tailed shrews, the Eurasian Water Shrew, and the European Mole inject venom into prey by biting it; the venom is transferred through teeth. Male platypuses inject venom through spurs on their back legs; female platypuses and both sexes of echidnas also have these spurs, but they cannot inject venom.
Do male platypuses have poisonous talons?
Not exactly. Male platypuses have a hollow spur behind their rear ankle which is attached to a venom gland in the platypus's thigh. This spur is not a talon or claw.
Do male or female platypuses sting?
Male Platypuses have ankle spurs on their hind legs through which they can dispense venom composed largely of defensin-like proteins (DLPs), unique to the Platypus. This venom is powerful enough to kill smaller animals, and to cause agonising pain to humans.
