No. Platypuses cannot jump as their physical structure is not built for jumping. They sit too close to the ground, and their legs are built for swimming and digging, not jumping. They are, however, very effective divers.
No; but the platypus does dive into water.
a platypus's bill is a bill that is on a platypus
a platypus's bill is a bill that is on a 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".
The only ways they locomote are swimming and jumping.
The platypus should not be called anything else. It is just a platypus. It is not a duckbilled platypus, or any other such misnomer.
A Platypus is not a primate.
No. The platypus is not a hoarder.
The platypus is called the platypus wherever one happens to be in Australia.
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.
The platypus is known overseas as the "duckbilled platypus" or just the "duckbill", but in Australia it is just commonly called the 'platypus'.The platypus is sometimes known as the duckbilled platypus, because its bill loosely resembles that of a duck, and is of a shape not found on any other mammal.
The word for platypus in German is "Schnabeltier".