. Beginners' Zoology . FlG. 359. — Duckbill {OrnithorhyncJmsparadoxzis). ably active or slow in movement ? It dabbles in mud andslime for worms and mussels, etc. How is it fitted fordoing this ? Whichfeet are markedlywebbed ? How fardoes the web extend ?The web can befolded back when notin use. It lays twoeggs in a nest ofgrass at the end of aburrow. Trace re-semblances and dif-ferences between thisanimal and birds. The porcupine ant-eater has numerousquill-like spines () interspersed with its hairs. (Use?) De- ^ . ^ a ,-7., ^ Fig. 360. — Spiny Ant-eater {i^chidna actt~ scribe its claws
. Beginners' Zoology . FlG. 359. — Duckbill {OrnithorhyncJmsparadoxzis). ably active or slow in movement ? It dabbles in mud andslime for worms and mussels, etc. How is it fitted fordoing this ? Whichfeet are markedlywebbed ? How fardoes the web extend ?The web can befolded back when notin use. It lays twoeggs in a nest ofgrass at the end of aburrow. Trace re-semblances and dif-ferences between thisanimal and birds. The porcupine ant-eater has numerousquill-like spines () interspersed with its hairs. (Use?) De- ^ . ^ a ,-7., ^ Fig. 360. — Spiny Ant-eater {i^chidna actt~ scribe its claws. It leata). view of under surface to show pouch. has a long prehensile ^-^^ ^^^-^ tongue. It rolls into a ball when attacked. Compare its ^,aws with a birds bill. It lays one egg, which is carried. MAMMALS 197 in a fold of the skin until hatched. Since it is pouchedit could be classed with the pouched mammals (next order),but it is egg-laying. Suppose the two animals in thisorder did not nourish their young with milk after hatching,would they most resemble mammals, birds, or reptiles} Write the name of this order. (See Table, p. 193.) W/iy do you place them in this order ( )? See p. 193.) The name of the order comes from two Greek <^., .^fA^^
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