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Duckbill Platypus

No one really knows when the platypus was first discovered. Most people just know the obvious things about them: like, that it lives in the forests of Australia, and that the platypus digs burrows in the sides of rivers and streams. It also walks and swims, but it is hard for them to balance their legs on land There are many interesting things you can lead into with this intrigueing creature.

If you have heard about the duckbill platypus, you probably already know it is an unusual animal.Its features are what baffle humanity. The platypus is covered in seal-like fur except for Its duck-like bill and webbed feet. This odd creature has wide nails for digging Its burrow and it stores energy in Its tail. The platypus weighs from five and one half to eleven and one half pounds and is twenty-six to thirty-six inches long,the size of a house cat. What really should baffle us is taht the platypus has two very awkword sounds: clucking like a chicken and growling like a cat. The duckbill platypus is one of two mammals that gives birth by egg. These little mammals hatch after two weeks and stays with their mother for seventeen weeks.

The platypus spends most of Its day hunting for food. It is a carnivore and eats larva, insects, worms, snails, frogs, fish, and fish eggs. This animal has no teeth, so it has pads to grind Its food. The main way a platypus hunts Its food is by Its nose. Yes, Its nose! The platypus has super nerves called electroreceptors. It senses discharges in sound which is movement of Its food.

Although this creature is odd, it stillhas very good ways to survive. The platypus's tail is extremely heavy, so it can injure Its prey or predators easily. The second use for this tail is that it helps the platypus swim quickely away from something that is chasing it. Finally, a male platypus has poisonous spikes on Its ankles. That is my favorite defence of the platypus.

In conclusion, the platypus is the rarest animal on earth. The competing animal does not come close to beating tit.! Everything on this animal is intrigueing and fascinating to me. To Its storing energy, beaver-like, heavy tail, to Its electrorecepting, pad grinding, ducl-like bill, this is the most unique and beautiful work of art that God has ever created.