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How can a platypus hunt with its eyes, ears, and nostrils closed underwater?

Today · 2026-09-29 UTC

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The platypus bill is packed with electroreceptors and mechanoreceptors. Closing its eyes and ears underwater, it still tracks shrimp and insects by the tiny electric fields their muscles produce.

Correct answer: Bill sensors detect electric fields from prey muscle movements

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