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It has several adaptations, or traits, that help it thrive, made for being in water, including webbed feet and a wide tail for swimming, extra fat stores in the tail, and a bill complete with electroreceptors for detecting prey's electric currents under water.
- What are two adaptations of the platypus?
- What do platypuses need to survive?
- What are platypuses behavioral adaptations?
- How do platypus protect themselves?
- What are three adaptations of a platypus?
- What is a camels adaptation?
- Why should we protect the platypus?
- Are platypus protected?
- What is unique about a platypus?
- How are the bill and feet of the platypus specially adapted for survival in their environment?
- What is a platypus defense?
- Was Perry the platypus a girl?
- Can a platypus be a pet?
What are two adaptations of the platypus?
Aquatic adaptations include the flat streamlined body, dorsally placed eyes and nostrils, and dense waterproof fur that keeps the platypus well insulated. Long guard hairs protect the soft underfur, which remains dry even after hours in the water.
What do platypuses need to survive?
Platypus eat small water animals such as insect larvae, freshwater shrimps, and crayfish. The platypus, usually active at dawn and dusk, relies on its sensitive bill to find food. With eyes and ears closed, receptors in the bill can detect electrical currents in the water and can help to find prey.
What are platypuses behavioral adaptations?
A behavioural adaptation of the Platypus is that it sweeps its bill underwater from side to side 2-3 times a second, sifting its way through the river bed and picking up the electrical impulses.
How do platypus protect themselves?
Male Platypuses have a poisonous spur on the inside of their hind legs. The spur contains a poison that the Platypus uses to defend his territory from other males and enemies.
What are three adaptations of a platypus?
It has several adaptations, or traits, that help it thrive, made for being in water, including webbed feet and a wide tail for swimming, extra fat stores in the tail, and a bill complete with electroreceptors for detecting prey's electric currents under water.
What is a camels adaptation?
Camels are well adapted for survival in the desert. Their adaptations include: large, flat feet - to spread their weight on the sand. thick fur on the top of the body for shade, and thin fur elsewhere to allow easy heat loss. a large surface area to volume ratio - to maximise heat loss.
Why should we protect the platypus?
We love the platypus
Land clearing, dams, drought and bushfires are destroying critical platypus habitat, leaving them with nowhere to go. To survive, platypuses need safe habitat to call home. It's staggering that an animal so central to our national identity isn't adequately protected.
Are platypus protected?
Until the early 20th century, humans hunted the platypus for its fur, but it is now protected throughout its range. Although captive-breeding programs have had only limited success, and the platypus is vulnerable to the effects of pollution, it is not under any immediate threat.
What is unique about a platypus?
The platypus is one of the most unusual creatures in the animal kingdom. Platypuses (which is the correct plural form, not "platypi") have a paddle-shaped tail like a beaver; a sleek, furry body like an otter; and a flat bill and webbed feet like a duck. ... Platypuses are among the few venomous mammals.
How are the bill and feet of the platypus specially adapted for survival in their environment?
Their bills can bill can sense electrical discharges from the prey. In males, there is a toxic venom that shoots out from its feet when a predator tries to attack it. As well as this, their feet are great for swimming. You just studied 21 terms!
What is a platypus defense?
The back legs of a male platypus provide defense against predators and other males via poisonous spurs.
Was Perry the platypus a girl?
Only female platypus have mammary glands and Perry is obviously a male, so Candace's body should not have been affected in this way.
Can a platypus be a pet?
Can you have a platypus as a pet? The short answer is no. Platypuses are wild animals that live in Australia and they need the right environment to thrive. It is not only illegal to keep them as pets in Australia but also to export them as pets to other countries.
