17K views · 667 reactions | With an animal as unique as the platypus, we love all the marvellous facts that come with this Australian species! Drop your platypus facts below! Here's one to start: When the platypus is on the lookout for food, it's bill comes into action! The bill becomes the primary sense organ while foraging in water and can detect prey through vibrations and pressure! Here's Sam from Melbourne Zoo in action!  Thanks Ryan for the video! | Zoos Victoria | Facebook
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It’s National Platypus Day! You might ask yourself—why is the platypus one of Australia's most iconic wildlife species? Because it fits the bill. And today we honor them for being so unique! ✨ Did you know that a platypus’s bill gives it a "sixth sense?" A platypus’s bill has thousands of cells that allow it to detect the electric fields generated by all living things. It’s so sensitive that the platypus can hunt with its eyes, ears and nose all closed, relying entirely on the bill’s electroloca
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