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- Why should you not pet a platypus?
- What animal is most feared?
- Do platypus make good pets?
- Are platypuses aggressive?
- What animal has no fear?
- Which animals are afraid of humans?
- What animal is stupidest?
- What is the ugliest thing ever?
- What is the dirtiest animal to eat?
- Do platypus have teeth?
- How does a platypus eat without stomach?
Why should you not pet a platypus?
And in 2010, scientists identified 83 genes that might make toxins like those made by spiders, reptiles, and even sea anemones. ... So unless you're a brave scientist trying to get some venom to figure out a better painkiller, you shouldn't pet the platypus. No matter how excruciatingly cute they are.
What animal is most feared?
Of all the species in the world, the largest—and most dangerous—is the saltwater crocodile. These ferocious killers can grow up to 23 feet in length, weigh more than a ton, and are known to kill hundreds each year, with crocodiles as a whole responsible for more human fatalities annually than sharks.
Do platypus make good pets?
Can you have a platypus as a pet? The short answer is no. Platypuses are wild animals that live in Australia and they need the right environment to thrive. It is not only illegal to keep them as pets in Australia but also to export them as pets to other countries.
Are platypuses aggressive?
The platypus is not aggressive. While its sting may be fatal to smaller animals, such as dogs, there has never been a documented human fatality. The animal's venom contains defensin-like proteins (DLPs) that cause swelling and excruciating pain.
What animal has no fear?
The most famous example is that of the dodo, which owed its extinction in a large part to a lack of fear of humans, and many species of penguin – which, although wary of sea predators, have no real land predators and therefore are very unafraid and curious towards humans.
Which animals are afraid of humans?
Fear of humans suppresses the movement and activity of pumas, bobcats, skunks, and opossums, which benefits small mammals. As their own predators respond to their fear of humans, deer mice and wood rats perceive less risk and in turn forage for food farther away and more intensively, they found.
What animal is stupidest?
1- Sloths. Sloths are the slowest and dumbest animals out there. They spend most of their time sleeping on the tree branches, but they never poop on the trees.
What is the ugliest thing ever?
Blobfish declared world's ugliest animal.
What is the dirtiest animal to eat?
Historically, pork was believed to be the 'dirtiest' meat. Recently however, chicken has been dubbed the most toxic meat. According to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) chickens are being dosed with antibiotics containing arsenic, along with other animals which are being raised for human consumption.
Do platypus have teeth?
It has no teeth, so the platypus stores its "catch" in its cheek pouches, returns to the surface, mashes up its meal with the help of gravel bits hoovered up enroute, then swallows it all down. The female platypus lays her eggs in an underground burrow that she digs near the water's edge.
How does a platypus eat without stomach?
A platypus doesn't really have a stomach. Instead of a separate pouch where food collects, the platypus' esophagus is directly connected to its intestine.
