(photo from gentlefootprintsanimalanthology.blogspot.com)
Kal is 8 and loves to learn & share facts about animals. He dictates his posts for his mom & dad so that it's all written in his own voice. Mom & Dad do not do any fact-checking, but Kal seems to have an uncanny memory for all things animal-related. He hopes that one day his blog will be as famous as National Geographic.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Duck-billed Platypus
The duck-billed platypus is an amazingly good swimmer, but probably just because it has webbed feet. Now this creature does not have five senses. It has sixth sense called electro-reception. You see they have these tiny little bumps on their snout and that is what they use for electro-sensing. Now here is why they use it: when they dive, their eyes, noise and ears are shut which leaves them with their three last senses. Its last senses are electro-reception, touch and taste. And the platypus eats pretty much crayfish.
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