Why are platypus half beaver and half duck?

Answer 1

Neither. A platypus is totally different from either - it lays eggs and has a bill that does not actually even resemble the bill of a duck, as it has completely different functions. The platypus is an egg-laying mammal, or monotreme, in the same family as e echidna. it is not related to the beaver, which is a placental mammal; nor is it related to the duck, which is not a mammal at all, but a bird.

Answer 2

The platypus does not have either a duck's bill or a beaver's tail.

The platypus's bill is broader and flatter than a duck's bill. It contains sensitive electroreceptors which can pick up tiny electrical impulses from aquatic animals and insect larvae underwater, which is what the platypus eats. The platypus also uses its bill to scoop up these creatures from the mud.

The beaver's tail is broader and flatter than a platypus's, and covered with special scales. The platypus's tail is covered with dense fur. Their tails serve quite different purposes. The beaver's tail is used to help propel it along in the water. The platypus's tail is used as a rudder, for steering when it is swimming, but it also stores fat. A thicker tail is the sign of a healthier platypus. The female tends to live on the fat stored in her tail while she incubates her eggs.

Answer 3

No. A platypus is a platypus. A platypus is neither a beaver nor a duck. The platypus is an egg-laying mammal, or monotreme, in the same family as e echidna. it is not related to the beaver, which is a placental mammal; nor is it related to the duck, which is not a mammal at all, but a bird.

Answer 4

Platypuses are not half beaver and half duck. They are platypuses, in a completely unique taxonomy of their own.