Thanks for visiting! A few years back, I briefly covered a throwaway Yahoo! article about how âcarbs will make you lose weightâ because so many readers had emailed about it. It turned out that the âcarbsâ in the article were resistant starch, a type of carbohydrate that our digestive enzymes cannot break down. Iâll admit now, with regret, that I didnât look as deeply into the matter as I might have.
Appendages that can become prehensile include: 1  Prehensile feet: The hands of primates are all prehensile to varying degrees. The claws of cats are prehensile. 2  Prehensile tails â Many extant lizards have prehensile tails (geckos, chameleons, and a species of skink). Seahorses grip seaweed with their tails. Several fossil animals have been interpreted as having prehensile tails, including several Late Triassic drepanosaurs, and possibly the Late Permian synapsid Suminia.
No wonder it is called âduck-billedâ. The platypusâs head, trunk, and tail are covered with brown fur, which is thick and water proof. Its fur allows it to swim in waters as cold as zero degrees Celsius. It digs a burrow in the ground, where it builds its nest. Its strong shoulder muscles help it dig these burrows. So, that is the platypusâs tale.