![]() ![]() When hunting they sweep their heads back and forth to locate their prey. They have around 40,000 electroreceptors in their bill and can detect weak electrical fields. Platypus use electroreception to find food.Males have sharp spurs on their rear feet, which deliver a toxin to competing males during mating season. Duck-billed platypus are the only venomous mammals.They are aquatic and feed by scooping worms, and insects from the water bottom and store it in cheek pouches to eat when they come out of the water. This form the bill from which they get their name. Their most distinguishing feature is a long snout and lower jaw, which is covered in soft leathery skin. ![]() They have dense fur that traps a layer of air to provide insulation while in the water. The platypus has a squat beaver-like body, with webbed feet. ![]()
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