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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.
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How does a platypus sense and react to it environment?
the platypus has the strange 6th sense which detect electricity emitted by muscle movement. so if a predator is on the move the platypus doesnt even need to see it to know its coming toward his direction
How platypus know danger?
they sense it.
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.
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.
Local name of platypus?
The platypus is called the platypus wherever one happens to be in Australia.
How does the platypus lay eggs?
a group of platypus is called a 'businesss'
What is another name for the platypus?
It is also called a Duck-Billed Platypus.
What are a platypus's 6 senses?
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.
What is a regular platypus tail named?
A platypus's tail is just called a tail.
What is a platypus's mouth called?
The platypus's mouth is variously referred to as its "bill" or "snout".
What is the name for a platypus's nose?
The platypus's snout is called a bill. It is not the same as a "duckbill"; nor is it ever called a "duckbill".
What is the platypus group called?
Monotremes
