Structural adaptations
-Two layers of fur to account for the platypi's underwater life, with the first layer know as the under-layer, has short, denese fur that does not let water get to the skin, the fur also acts an an insulator trapping the hair keeping the platypus warm. The second layer of fur, or the outer-layer, has really fine hairs and is somewhat waterproof and acts as a water seal, this layer also aids with navigation and is an extra layer to keep the platypus warm.
- Platypus use their bill to not only digest food and finding food, but also use it to navigate as they swim with their eyes closed. The bill has electoreceptors that detect electrical impulses that is generated by different species, this enables to indicate prey and predictors as well as the flow of water and other stationary objects.
- Male platypi have small spurs in the two back legs roughly 15 millimeters long that can release a venom gland, this is used to defend again other predators, but only the male platypus have it.
-Two layers of fur to account for the platypi's underwater life, with the first layer know as the under-layer, has short, denese fur that does not let water get to the skin, the fur also acts an an insulator trapping the hair keeping the platypus warm. The second layer of fur, or the outer-layer, has really fine hairs and is somewhat waterproof and acts as a water seal, this layer also aids with navigation and is an extra layer to keep the platypus warm.
- Platypus use their bill to not only digest food and finding food, but also use it to navigate as they swim with their eyes closed. The bill has electoreceptors that detect electrical impulses that is generated by different species, this enables to indicate prey and predictors as well as the flow of water and other stationary objects.
- Male platypi have small spurs in the two back legs roughly 15 millimeters long that can release a venom gland, this is used to defend again other predators, but only the male platypus have it.
Physiological Adaptations:
- The Platypus have oxygen rich blood, as well as an increased amount of hemoglobin (red protein that is responsible for the transport of oxygen in the blood vertebrates) and red blood cells, it allows the platypus to stay underwater for long periods of time, and can stay under for up to fourteen minutes.
- The Platypus' kidney can dispose water much quicker then normal mammals, as it is exposed to a lot of freshwater and can absorb the salts more efficiently to compensate their freshwater environment.
Behavioural Adaptations:
- The platypus uses its bill to dig in the sand to locate pray.
- Platypus' eat gravel or small rocks to help 'chew' food so and digest properly as they do not have any teeth and are unable to chew food by themselves.
- The platypus uses its bill to dig in the sand to locate pray.
- Platypus' eat gravel or small rocks to help 'chew' food so and digest properly as they do not have any teeth and are unable to chew food by themselves.