It is one of the only animals known to use electroreception to locate its prey, by detecting electric fields generated by muscular contractions.
This animal's Y chromosome shares genes with the ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes found in birds. It is one of the only animals known to use electroreception to locate its prey, by detecting electric fields generated by muscular contractions. The males have ankle spurs which deliver a cocktail of (*) venom. When this mammal was first discovered by Europeans in the 1700s, most scientists thought it was a hoax. It is one of the five remaining species of monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. FTP, name this semi-aquatic mammal commonly described as "duck-billed".
This animal's Y chromosome shares genes with the ZZ/ZW sex chromosomes found in birds.
{platypus} or {Ornithorhynchus anatinus} (accept “{duck}-{billed platypus}”)