2006-11-16 21:56:58 · 24 answers · asked by frank s 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
platypus
2006-11-16 22:00:31 · answer #1 · answered by Ruthie Baby 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Duckbill Platypus
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Though still to be found in its exclusively Australian habitat, the duckbill is nonextant as a foreign captive. In 1922, after spending nine years and $1,400, New York Zoological Park's deliberate William Reid Blair carried to The Bronx the only live platypus ever to leave Australia. It. tried for 49 days to adapt itself to an elaborate man-made labyrinth. Then it died, was stuffed and taken to the Newark. N. J. museum.
2006-11-17 01:17:28 · answer #2 · answered by sunshine05rose 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'Platypus'
The platypus and echidna are the only mammals in the world, which produce their young in eggs. The young suck milk from glands in the fur on the mother's belly. Often called the duckbilled platypus, because its snout is shaped like a duck's bill, the platypus has webbed feet to help it swim in search of small prawns, worms and insect larvae.
The platypus nest in burrows on the banks of streams and rivers in eastern Australia.
It is shown on the reverse of an australian 20 cent coin
2006-11-16 22:21:07 · answer #3 · answered by ottmar_morett 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Duck Billed Platypus??
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2006-11-16 22:01:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Platypus
2006-11-16 23:56:43 · answer #5 · answered by yankee h8er 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Platypus
2006-11-16 22:00:50 · answer #6 · answered by Old Cripple 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is there a quiz going on?
I answered this one a couple of hours ago for Dana K.
It was a platypus, which sadly only lasted for 49 days before it died, and was only put on display for an hour a day.
2006-11-16 22:19:40 · answer #7 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1922 Jul 15, 1st duck-billed platypus was publicly exhibited in US at a NY zoo
http://timelines.ws/subjects/Animals.HTML
2006-11-17 03:30:55 · answer #8 · answered by Swirly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The platypus.
2006-11-16 22:07:43 · answer #9 · answered by danaluana 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
duck billed platypus
2006-11-17 06:41:11 · answer #10 · answered by flowwer_1371 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
duck billed platypus
2006-11-17 01:38:09 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋