What has a bill like a duck and tail like a beaver?
Yes, a Platypus. This mammal has a sensitive duck bill and webbed feet.
It has a tail like a beaver and a thick coat of fur.
A Platypus lives in a river bank burrow. When it swims underwater
it closes its eyes, ears, and nose. It can't see so it relies on its bill
for which way to go and feeding. It eats water life like crayfish and larvae.
A Platypus can move on land, because the web goes past its toes. The platypus
can stay under water for ten min. but it can't breath. Its poison spur can kill
a small animal. The platypus use to be hunted for its fur. It's now protected by
the law. It's close to becoming extinct.
By Tiffini