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Platypus

Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Ka lebitso: The common name 'platypus' means 'flat-foot', from Greek words for 'broad, flat' and 'foot'.1
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

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

E phela
Eastern Australia, including Tasmania1
Australia le Oceania
Lapeng
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
Bolelele
43 cm ho isa ho 50 cm (1,4 ft ho isa ho 1,6 ft)1
Boima
900 g ho isa ho 1,7 kg (2 lb ho isa ho 3,7 lb)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 3,5 km/h (2,2 mph)
Ho sesa, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
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
Ka nnete!Foto ya Platypus
Platypus. Foto: Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: 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

Matla a chefo

Mahlabo a nang le chefo

Spur e bohale maotong a ka morao e nka chefo.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

The venom is extremely painful.1

Haeba lehlabo la yona la leoto le o hlaba

  • Hlatswa leqeba hantle mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba lehlabo la yona la leoto le o hlaba: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Platypus bolelele ba e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)Ntja e ka bang 1 m (3,3 ft)

E boima hakae?

e boima jwaloka dibanana tse 14
e telele jwaloka dibanana tse 3 tse latellanange telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 16 molenge ka sesa bolelele ba letangwane le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 51

Platypus e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

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

2

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

3

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

4

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

5

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

Ho senya ditshomo

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

Nnete: 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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Sehlopha
Diphoofolo tse anyesang tse nang le chefo
Lelapa
Ornithorhynchidae2
Tatelano
Monotremata
Dikontinente
Australia le Oceania
Masea
The platypus lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young.1
Boemo ba yona naheng
Near-threatened (IUCN). A November 2020 report recommended upgrading it to threatened under Australia's federal EPBC Act.1
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Platypus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Ornithorhynchus anatinus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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