Assertion: platypus | /r/CapableOf | use its bill
Facets:
value: to shovel up these creatures
type: PURPOSE
value: to dig up food
type: PURPOSE
value: to sense its environment
type: PURPOSE
value: in order to hunt
type: PURPOSE
value: to strain its tiny prey
type: PURPOSE
value: to scratch the soil
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: In order to hunt, the platypus uses its bill or its claws to scratch the soil under the water or to simply catch prey while swimming.
text: Platypus are carnivores (meat-eaters) and they use their bill to strain its tiny prey, like crayfish, worms, insects, snails and shrimp from muddy water.
text: Platypus use their bills to dig up food from the riverbed, but they're also highly sensitive.
text: To seal itself off from water, the platypus shuts off all of those normal senses and finds prey based solely on electrical signals and mechanical waves that it picks up using its bill.
text: A platypus closes its ears and eyes underwater and uses its bill to sense its environment.
text: Once detected, the platypus uses its bill to shovel up and unearth these creatures for it to eat.
text: Using their bill filled with sensors, the platypus can accurately detect the electrical impulses of their prey even in the deepest of waters.