However, the specialized cells on the platypus’s bill allow it to pick up electric pulses. This sixth sense in the platypus is called electrolocation and it’s a highly effective method of hunting.

Wild Kratts. Platypus: Creature Power. Clip | 56s Video has Closed Captions | CC. While kayaking, Martin and Chris come across a duck-billed platypus! Martin and Chris are kayaking down a river.

The world's oldest living wild platypus (not pictured) is nearly 24 years old. Manuel Romaris via Getty Images. When Geoff Williams found and tagged a one-year-old male platypus as part of a ...