Hacer una descripcion del ornitorrinco(Caracteristicas, habitad, que comen, etc) en ingles?

The body of the platypus is thin and elongated, aerodynamically shaped.

Is extremely short and lacking pads limbs but having a membrane between the five fingers, ie has webbed feet and strong nails.

In the male, stands on his hind legs a spur connected by a duct to poison gland, because if there is something else to note, is the fact that the platypus is the only poisonous mammal.

So if you feel threatened, you can inflict a heavy blow with the legs to defend themselves.

The distribution of the platypus is exclusively in the territory of Oceania, east of Australia and Tasmania.

It is present in eastern Queensland and New South Wales and eastern, central and southwestern Victoria.

An introduced population lives Kangaroo Island, located in South Australia.

Their habitats are rivers, lakes, streams, lakes and agricultural reservoirs with an average depth of 5 meters and its banks are plagued with trunks, reeds and roots.

The platypus is a carnivorous predator, used to consume benthic invertebrates : crustaceans, molluscs, worms, insect larvae, fish eggs and small fish.