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Platypuses
One of Australia's most unique and unusual native animals, the platypus is an egg-laying mammal which lives on land and hunts for food in the freshwater creeks and rivers of eastern Australia. Once incorrectly thought to be the most primitive mammal, it is now regarded as a superb example of adaptation. Questions and answers about platypuses can be found here.
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What is the largest living Platypus?
The platypus is a very shy animal that avoids human contact normally, so it would be difficult to know what the exact size of the largest one would be. But males average just under 2 feet long, and the farther south in Australia and Tasmania they live, the larger they are, generally.
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How old is a platypus when its parents don't look after it?
Platypuses are 17 weeks old when they leave the nest.
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What animals are in the platypus kingdom?
All animals are in the "platypus kingdom", since the kingdom for the platypus is Animalia, which as you might guess from the name includes all animals.
Despite its hard appearance is the bill of a platypus soft and very sensitive?
Yes. The platypus's bill is nothing like a duck's bill, despite the misnomer of "duckbilled platypus" (which, incidentally, is a term never used within Australia itself).
It uses its bill to find food. Equipped with electroreceptors, the sensitive bill can sense electrical impulses, even the tiniest of movements made by underwater crustaceans.
Do platypuses use electricity?
No. Platypuses do not use electricity: they use electroreception.
The bill of a platypus has sensitive electroreceptors which pick up tiny nerve and electrical impulses generated by crustaceans and other animals that inhabit the bottom of the creek or river.
Why is a spiny anteater and a platypus called mammals?
The spiny anteater, more correctly known as the echidna, and the platypus are both monotremes. Monotremes are egg-laying mammals.
There are several reasons why platypuses and echidnas are classified as mammals.
1. Platypuses and echidnas have fur (all mammals have fur, skin or hair).
2. They breathe using lungs (not gills).
3. They are warm blooded.
4. The main reason is that they suckle their young on mothers' milk.
Where does a platypus live a stream or a bay?
Neither.
Platypuses do not actually live in water at all. They live in burrows which they dig at the side of freshwater riverbanks, creek banks or edges of lakes and ponds. In Australia, streams are called "creeks".
What is the gubbi gubbi name for platypus?
The Gubbi Gubbi name for the platypus is "burran." This Indigenous Australian language is spoken by the Gubbi Gubbi people, who are from the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland. The platypus holds cultural significance in many Indigenous Australian cultures, often featuring in stories and traditional knowledge.
What characteristics do the brown bear and platypus and lion share?
The bear, the lion and the house cat all give birth to live young, whereas the platypus lays eggs. Besides the platypus, they all belong to Carnivora, have teeth and are not semi-aquatic.
Is the duck-billed platypus and the spiny anteaters are both mammals that lay eggs.?
Yes, both the duck-billed platypus and spiny anteaters (also known as echidnas) are mammals that lay eggs. They belong to a unique group of mammals called monotremes, which are distinguished by their reproductive method of laying eggs rather than giving birth to live young. These unusual mammals are primarily found in Australia and New Guinea. Despite being mammals, they exhibit some characteristics more commonly associated with reptiles, such as egg-laying.
Are platypuses and echidnas reptiles?
No. Echidnas and platypuses are Mammals, not reptiles. They are unique egg-laying mammals known as moniemes. There are several reasons why platypuses and echidnas are classified as mammals.
1. Platypuses and echidnas have fur (all mammals have fur, skin or hair).
2. They breathe using lungs (not gills).
3. They are warm blooded.
4. The main reason is that they suckle their young on mothers' milk.
5. They have a flexible neck with seven cervical vertebrae.
6. Platypuses and echidnas show enhanced neocortex development.
7. Sound is produced by the larynx (a modified region of the trachea).
8. Limbs are oriented vertically
9. Like all mammals, they have a heart with 4 chambers.
10. Internal temperature is generally high.
What animal in Australia has a bill like a duck?
The duck-billed platypus.
However, it must be said that the platypus is not actually called a duck-billed platypus at all. Some may consider that the platypus has a bill like a duck, but the term "duck-billed platypus" is a complete misnomer. Its bill does not look like a duck's bill, being flatter and much broader, and made of a totally different substance; nor does it serve the same function as a duck's bill, having very unique properties such as electroreception.
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