Duck-billed platypus (UEB contracted)

By: Rnib

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Synopsis: This page shows an image of a side view of a duck-billed platypus with its head on the left of the page and a tail on the right of the page. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. On the centre left of the page is the animal's bill. It has two nostril holes showing. To the right is the head with one of its two round eyes showing. The body is to the right, the head flows into it without an apparent neck. Down from the front end of the body is the front leg. It is very short and has a large webbed foot. To the right of the body on the centre right of the page is its tail. This is broad and flat. Down from the tail is the rear leg which also has a webbed foot. The duck-billed platypus is a very unusual amphibious mammal. It lays eggs not live offspring. When the eggs hatch, the young are suckled like other mammals. The bill is not hard like a duck's but a soft flexible substance. They have no teeth. They grow to be 47 cm. They have only lived in Australia and nowhere else.

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