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What country to platypuses live?
-New Zeland
-Australia
-South Africa
-Switzerland |
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there are estimated less than _____ long beaked echidnas left?
-1000
-20000
-300000
-4000000 |
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What are Monotremes categorized as?
-oviparous
-ovoviviparous
-vioviparous
-viviparous |
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What are the two types of echidna?
-Long-tailed and short-tailed
-long-beaked and Short-beaked
-Long-eared and Short-eared
-Long-spiked and short-spiked |
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| Long-beaked and Short-beaked |
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How do Monotremes feed as infants?
-Suck milk through nipples located on the underside of the mother
-Suck milk through feeding tube located near the mother's cloaca
-suck milk thourhg pores sweated by the mother
-suck milk through the mother's skin |
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| Suck milk through pores sweated by the mother |
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How do male platypuses defend them seleves?
-Through prickly spines emerging from the back
-By emitting a aggressive high-pitched shriek
-by squirting venom from a venom duct
-by quickly burrowing deep underground |
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| By squirting venom through a venom duct |
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What does monotremata mean?
-One-holed
-one-tuffed
-one-nosed
-one-eared |
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All of these are characteristics of Echidnas EXCEPT:
-Hind feet point backwards
0sonout made of bone, cartilage and keratin
-scattered spines
-short, stubby tail |
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What does the root of Platypus (platus) mean?
-Plate like
-Tall
-Flat
-Duckbilled |
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Echidnas eat all of the following EXCEPT:
-Fish
-Ants
-Earthworms
-Termites |
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