The duck billed platypus is a species of mammal. It lives in the forests of Australia. A very interesting fact about them is that they are one of the very few mammals to lay eggs! The males have a spike on their hind limb which produces venom. When underwater, it senses its pray using electrolocation. It has thousands of electroreceptors on its body to detect tiny electrical pulses set of by living beings. Another creature which is well-known to use electrolocation is the shark.
Food
The duck billed platypus likes to eat crayfish. Its diet also consists of frogs, fish, insects which fall into the water, spiders, freshwater mussels, etc. A duck billed platypus has to eat 1/3 to 1/2 of its body weight each day.
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