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THE PLATYPUS an amazing mammal BY: CARSON COOK & CLAIRE BETTLER

THE PLATYPUS an amazing mammal BY: CARSON COOK & CLAIRE BETTLER. Platypi outline Introduction Name three main ideas Transitions Body # 1: Main: habitat/ where they live Australia Streams Burrow Body #2: Main: Looks Spurs Webbed Feet Bill Body #3: Main: Food Diet Hunting prey

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THE PLATYPUS an amazing mammal BY: CARSON COOK & CLAIRE BETTLER

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  1. THE PLATYPUS an amazing mammal BY: CARSON COOK & CLAIRE BETTLER

  2. Platypi outline • Introduction • Name three main ideas • Transitions • Body # 1: Main: habitat/ where they live • Australia • Streams • Burrow • Body #2: Main: Looks • Spurs • Webbed Feet • Bill • Body #3: Main: Food • Diet • Hunting prey • When they eat • Conclusion • Nothing new • Repeat three main ideas

  3. HABITAT • LIVE IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA • LIVE IN BURROWS • SWIM ALONG STREAMS

  4. LOOKS • MALES HAVE VENOMOUS SPURS ON EACH HIND LEG • HAVE WEBBED FEET • HAS A BILL LIKE A DUCK • LOOKS MAINLY LIKE A DUCK

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. A PICTURE OF AUSTRALIA WHERE THE PLATYPUS LIVES A PLATYPUS SMIMMING ALONG A STREAM A PENCIL DRAWING OF A PLATYPUS

  8. A REAL PICTURE OF A PLATYPUS IN THE GRASS

  9. A CARTOON DRAWINGY OF A MOTHER PLATYPUS IN ABURROW

  10. A PLATYPUS DIVING TO THE BOTTOM OF A STREAM TO LOOK FOR FOOD

  11. 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)

  12. A PLATYPUS JOKE Tino Sanmiguel

  13. The 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 BIBLIOGRAPHY

  14. THE END A CARSON COOK AND CLAIRE BETTLER POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

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