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Platypus

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Tentang nama: The common name 'platypus' means 'flat-foot', from Greek words for 'broad, flat' and 'foot'.1

Sakit sahajaIa sakit, tetapi tidak akan mencederakan kamu dengan serius.

Mamalia berbisa

Taji berbisa

Bahaya kepada manusia: MenyakitkanIa boleh jadi sangat sakit, tetapi hampir tidak pernah serius.

The platypus is a semiaquatic mammal that lays eggs, and it has a duck-like bill and a beaver-like tail. It lives in eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It is special because it is one of the few venomous mammals.1

Hidup di

Eastern Australia, including Tasmania1

Australia & Oceania

Laman utama

The platypus is semiaquatic, so it lives in and around water. It digs in the bottom of streams with its bill to find food.1

Panjang

43 cm hingga 50 cm (1.4 ft hingga 1.6 ft)1

Berat

900 g hingga 1.7 kg (2 lb hingga 3.7 lb)1

Kelajuan maksimum

kira-kira 3.5 km/j (2.2 mph)

Berenang, anggaran kasar

Apa yang ia makan?

The platypus digs in stream bottoms with its bill and uses electrolocation to detect the tiny electric currents made by the muscles of its prey. It has cheek pouches for storing food.1

Gambar Platypus — Platypus. Gambar: Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Cara mengenalinya

Short, dense, brown fur that is waterproof1
A soft, duck-like bill1
A wide, flat, furry tail, unlike the scaly tail of a beaver1
Short legs with webbing, most noticeably on the front feet1
Small eyes and ears that sit in a groove that closes underwater1

Sering dikelirukan dengan: Early European naturalists were confused by the platypus and thought it was a fake, made by sewing a duck's beak onto a beaver-like body. Its tail looks like a beaver's, but it is furry rather than scaly.1

Kuasa bisa

Taji berbisa

Taji tajam pada kaki belakangnya membawa bisa.

Apa kesan bisanya?

Only the male platypus has venom, which it injects through a spur on each hind foot. The venom is powerful enough to cause extreme pain in humans. The affected limb then develops swelling, which starts at the wound and spreads.1

Berapa bahaya ia kepada manusia?

Bahaya kepada manusia: MenyakitkanIa boleh jadi sangat sakit, tetapi hampir tidak pernah serius.

The venom is extremely painful.1

Jika tajinya menikam kamu

Basuh luka dengan bersih dan dapatkan bantuan perubatan.

Sentiasa hubungi nombor kecemasan dahulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan cemas umum, bukan nasihat perubatan. Asas pertolongan cemas

Kekal selamat

Jangan sesekali sentuh, tangkap atau usik haiwan liar, walaupun yang kecil, dan walaupun ia nampak tidur atau mati.
Beri ia ruang. Jika kamu terjumpa, bertenang, undur perlahan-lahan dan biarkan ia pergi.
Jika tajinya menikam kamu: bertenang, jangan bergerak, hubungi nombor kecemasan (112, 000, 911) atau pergi ke hospital dengan segera. Ingat rupanya, gambar boleh membantu.

Ia bukan mahu memburu kamu. Ia guna bisanya untuk menangkap makanan atau melindungi diri, dan ia lebih suka bersembunyi. Lagi tentang keselamatan

Di mana di dunia?

Afrika Asia Eropah Amerika Utara Amerika Selatan Australia & Oceania

Berapa besar ia?

Berapa panjang ia?

Berapa berat ia?

seberat 14 biji pisang

sepanjang 3 biji pisang disusun hujung ke hujungsepanjang 16 blok binaan mainan disusun sebarisboleh berenang sepanjang kolam renang besar (50 m) dalam 51 saat

Berapa besar Platypus berbanding KAMU?

Hanya matematik dalam pelayar kamu. Tiada apa yang disimpan atau dihantar ke mana-mana.

Berapa laju ia?

Orang berenang kira-kira 3 km/j (1.9 mph)

Platypus kira-kira 3.5 km/j (2.2 mph)

Perenang Olimpik kira-kira 8 km/j (5 mph)

berguna untuk diketahui

Fakta

The platypus has about 40,000 electroreceptors in its bill, which detect electric signals from prey in murky water.1

Its fur is one of the most densely packed of any mammal, behind only otters. It also glows cyan and green under ultraviolet light.1

The platypus lacks a functional stomach, because it does not have the genes needed to make pepsin, a digestive enzyme.1

Adult platypuses have no teeth. They have heavily keratinised grinding pads instead, and young platypuses lose their teeth around the time they leave their burrow.1

Its average body temperature is about 32 °C, lower than the 37 °C typical of placental mammals.1

Pemecah mitos

Mitos: The platypus is a hoax, made by sewing several animals together.

Hakikat: The platypus is a real species. When the first scientists examined a preserved body in 1799, they doubted it, and George Shaw even used scissors to check for stitches.1

Untuk pakar bisa

Nama saintifik: Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Kumpulan: Mamalia berbisa
Keluarga: Ornithorhynchidae2
Susunan: Monotremata
Benua-benua: Australia & Oceania
Anak: The platypus lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young.1
Keadaannya di alam liar: Near-threatened (IUCN). A November 2020 report recommended upgrading it to threatened under Australia's federal EPBC Act.1
Bahaya kepada manusia: 2 / 5: Menyakitkan3

Dari mana fakta datang

Platypus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Ornithorhynchus anatinus (iNaturalist): nama dan pengelasan.
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