Platypi outlineIntroduction
Name three main ideasTransitions
Body # 1: Main: habitat/ where they liveAustraliaStreamsBurrow
Body #2: Main: LooksSpurs
Webbed FeetBill
Body #3: Main: FoodDiet
Hunting preyWhen they eat
ConclusionNothing new
Repeat three main ideas
HABITAT
• LIVE IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA
• LIVE IN BURROWS
• SWIM ALONG STREAMS
LOOKS• MALES HAVE VENOMOUS SPURS ON EACH HIND LEG
• HAVE WEBBED FEET
• HAS A BILL LIKE A DUCK
• LOOKS MAINLY LIKE A DUCK
FOOD• DIET CONSISTS OF DIFFERENT INSECT LARVAE, SHRIMP, CRAYFISH, WORMS, FLIES, MUSSELS, TROUT EGGS, FROG EGGS, TADPOLES, SMALL FROGS, AND FISH
• HUNTS FOOD BY DIVING TO BOTTOM OF LAKES AND STREAMS ROCKING ITS HEAD FROM SIDE TO SIDE
• EATS AT NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING BECAUSE IT IS NOCTOURNAL
Platypi are the only mammals to lay eggs except for the echidna
The scientific name for the platypus is Ornithorhynchus anatinus, which means "bird-like snout"
A baby platypus is called a “platypup”
THE platypus is a nocturnal animal
THE platypus is sometimes called a “ duck- mole”
PLATYPUS FUN FACTS
A PENCIL DRAWING OF A PLATYPUS
A PLATYPUS SMIMMING ALONG A STREAM
A PICTURE OF AUSTRALIA WHERE THE PLATYPUS
LIVES
A REAL PICTURE OF A PLATYPUS IN THE GRASS
A CARTOON DRAWINGY OF A MOTHER PLATYPUS IN A BURROW
A PLATYPUS DIVING TO THE BOTTOM OF A STREAM TO LOOK FOR FOOD
I Am A Platypus
I am a little platypus small and shy,I live in a world that is not dry.
All my friends and family are just like me,
eating little insects but not the bee.
by Renae Bush (age 12)
Why don't Mr. & Mrs. Platypus ever go to Thanksgiving dinner parties?
Because they get very nervous every time they hear someone say" Here comes the Platypi." (pie)
A PLATYPUS JOKE
Tino Sanmiguel
BIBLIOGRAPHYThe World Book Encyclopedia 1992 edition letter P issue book number 15
A Platypus, Probably By Sneed B. Collard III illustrated by Andrew Plant
http://http://www.genevaschools.org/austinbg/class/gray/platypus/food.html
http://www.genevaschools.org/austinbg/class/gray/platypus/habitat.html
http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/do/article?urn=urn%3AUS%3BAR...
http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/platypus.htm
http://www.platypus.org.uk/
http://soer.justice.tas.go.au/2003/image/559/ilw/p-platypus_m.jpg
http://www.itsnature.org/sea/aquatic-mammals/platypus/
http://rainforest-australia.com/Platypus_history.htm
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