Darcy

media type="custom" key="4162887"media type="custom" key="4015781" width="108" height="48" hi i am Darcy, i like to play sport, my friends are mav,george,samr,samc,ben mitch,kieren,jake,adnan,thomas/dunk,barton,harrison bell.

Homework Contract 23 - Copy the second paragraph below onto your own wikipage and fill in the blanks with the following words (some words may be used more than once): //feet, fur, groove, growl, mouth, snout, tail//

The body and the broad, flat -- tail of the Platypus are covered with dense brown -- fur that traps a layer of insulating air to keep the animal warm. The Platypus uses its - fur - for storage of fat reserves. It has webbed --- feet --- and a large, rubbery --- snout- ; these are features that appear closer to those of a duck than to those of any known mammal. The -- snout of the Platypus is a sensory organ with the --- growl -- on the underside. The nostrils are located on the dorsal surface of the snout, while the eyes and ears are located in a --- groove --- set just back from it; this --- groove --- is closed when swimming. Platypuses have been heard to emit a low -- growl when disturbed and a range of other vocalisations have been reported in captive specimens.