What are a platypus's 6 senses?

Answer 1

Yes and no. Platypuses have the normal five sense - sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell - but they also have an extra "sense". In their bill they have tiny electroreceptors (hence, the sense of electroreception) which enable them to detect the tiny electrical impulses of crustaceans and insect larvae on which they feed in the water.

Answer 2

A platypus could be said to have six senses. The usual five are hearing, vision, taste, touch and smell.

The most appropriate name for the platypus's so-called 6th sense is "electro-reception" or "electro-location". This is the ability of the platypus to detect its prey using its bill. Equipped with electroreceptors, the sensitive bill can sense electrical impulses, even the tiniest of movements made by underwater crustaceans.

Note that this is completely different from "echolocation". Platypuses do not use echolocation.

Answer 3

Platypuses have the same five senses that other mammals do - sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell - but they also have an extra "sense". In their bill they have tiny electroreceptors (hence, the sense of electroreception) which enable them to detect the tiny electrical impulses of crustaceans and insect larvae on which they feed in the water.

Answer 4

Yes it is called...electro reception.