Assertion: platypus | /r/CapableOf | use electroreceptor
Facets:
value: to find its prey
type: PURPOSE
value: in its bill
type: LOCATION
value: in other words
type: OTHER
value: at the tip of its beak
type: LOCATION
value: like the platypus
type: OTHER
value: to detect movement
type: PURPOSE
value: to detect electrical signals
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Platypuses use electroreceptors on their bills to detect electrical signals given off by prey as it moves.
text: As discussed on the Adaptation section, the Platypus uses Electroreception to find its prey.
text: The platypus uses electroreceptors located inside its duck-bill to detect its prey very much like radar systems monitor planes near airports.
text: When the platypus hunts, it closes its eyes and ears, dives underwater and uses electroreceptors in its bill to detect the movements of its prey.
text: Like the platypus, it uses its nostrils and the electroreceptors at the tip of its beak to detect its food which is usually hidden away inside termite mounds, anthills, a rotting logs or under leaf litter.
text: Using these electroreceptors, the platypus can detect the direction of the source and the strength of the signal.
text: In other words, with its eyes, ears and nostrils closed, a Platypus can use electroreception to detect movement underwater.
text: Platypuses are the only mammals, apart from one species of dolphin, that use electroreception to locate their prey by detecting electric fields generated by movement.