Many people call platypus duckbill because this animal has a bill like a duck's bill. Platypus is an indigenous of Tasmania and southern and eastern Australia. Although it has lay's egg instead of bearing its you alive, the platypus is a true mammal, not a reptile. It nurses its young with milk as do other mammals.
Platypus has a flat tail and webbed feet. Its body length is 30 into 45 cm and covered with a thick and wooly layer of fur. Its bill is detecting prey and stirring up mud. Platypus' eyes and head are small. It has no ears but has ability to sense sound and light.
The male platypus has a hollow claw, or spur on each hind leg. The spurs are connected with poison glands. The platypus leg scratches and poisons its enemies with the spurs.
Platypus lives in streams, rivers, lakes. Female platypus usually dig burrows in the stream or river banks. The burrows are blocked with soil to protect it from intruders and flooding. On the other hand, male platypus does not need any burrow to stay.
1. UN 2010
The main idea of the third paragraph is ..........
A. the platypus defends it self by using its poison
B each hind leg of the platypus could spray poison
C. the platypus attacks its enemy by using its hollow claws.
D. the platypus' claws are used for scratching its enemies
E. the poisonous glands flow their poison through the hind legs
2. UN 2010
The ............. of the platypus makes it look like a duck.
A. bill
B. spur
C. flat tail
D. thick fur
E. webbed feet
3. UN 2010
What is the purpose of the text above?
A. to tell about the life of platypus
B. to explain about the habitat of platypus
C. to describe about the features of platypus
D. to inform how the platypus detects its prey
E. to distinguish between male and female platypus
4. Platypus habitat is mostly in
A. water
B. dry are
C. swamp area
D. humid area
E. barren area
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