Assertion: platypus | /r/CapableOf | keep its eyes
Facets:
value: by closing them
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: It keeps its eyes shut when swimming, using only its other senses, such as hearing, touch and changes in the electrical field.
text: Platypuses cover their eyes, nose and ears while swimming.
text: Reflecting this fact, a platypus protects its eyes and ears by automatically closing them underwater and instead relies on its bill to locate prey.
text: It keeps its eyes tightly shut when swimming, relying completely on its other senses.
text: It keeps its eyes shut when swimming, using only its other senses, such as hearing, touch and changes in the electrical field.
text: It keeps its eyes shut when swimming, using only its other senses, such as hearing, touch and changes in the electrical field.
text: Another oddity: When paddling through the water, a platypus keeps its eyes, ears and nostrils closed, and its duck-bill serves as an antenna, sensing the faint electric fields surrounding prey.