How many stomachs does a platypus have?

And if you look inside a platypus, you'll find another weird feature: its gullet connects directly to its intestines. There's no sac in the middle that secrete powerful acids and digestive enzymes. In other words, the platypus has no stomach.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on nationalgeographic.com


What animal has 7 stomachs?

Actually all animals have just one stomach it may be divided into parts that perform different digestive functions. Ruminants those animals that “chew their cud” or burp and digest some more typically have 4 parts to their stomachs. There are no animals with 7 parts to their stomachs.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on alexaanswers.amazon.com


Did platypus ever have stomach?

Stomachs evolved some 450 million years ago, but after giving this organ a test drive, on 18 separate occasions ancestors of contemporary animals switched back, reports Ed Yong on National Geographic.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on smithsonianmag.com


Which animal has the most stomachs?

The Baird's Beaked Whale (It has 13 stomachs!)

Topping our list of animals with multiple stomachs is the Baird's beaked whale, which can have more than 10 stomachs! How is this possible? The whale has two large stomach chambers, its main stomach and a pyloric stomach.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on a-z-animals.com


How does platypus eat without a stomach?

6. A platypus doesn't really have a stomach. Instead of a separate pouch where food collects, the platypus' esophagus is directly connected to its intestine.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on thedodo.com


What Is A Platypus? 10 Facts about the Platypus!



What animal has 6 stomachs?

No animals have 6 stomachs. The animal closest to 6 is the cow, which has 4 stomachs.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on alexaanswers.amazon.com


What animal has no stomach?

In other words, the platypus has no stomach. The stomach, defined as an acid-producing part of the gut, first evolved around 450 million years ago, and it's unique to back-boned animals (vertebrates).
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on nationalgeographic.com


What animal has 2 hearts?

An octopus has one main, systemic heart that pumps blood to the whole of its body. But it also has two additional hearts, responsible for pumping blood over each of its gills. For more videos subscribe to the Head Squeeze channel on YouTube.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on bbc.com


Do giraffes have 2 stomachs?

Giraffes are ruminants and have a stomach with four compartments that digests the leaves they eat.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on animals.sandiegozoo.org


How many stomachs does a gorilla have?

Gorillas are herbivores with only one stomach.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on torontozoo.com


What underwater animal has 2 stomachs?

Dolphins have a two-chambered stomach that is similar in structure to terrestrial carnivores. They have fundic and pyloric chambers.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on en.wikipedia.org


What fish has no stomach?

The zebrafish is a species of carp, which actually has no stomach. “We don't know why they lost their stomach during the course of evolution, but the most likely explanation lies in the type of food they eat and that having no stomach is more 'economical'.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on sciencefacultymagazine.se


How many brains does a platypus have?

The brain of the Platypus is small and is made up of two smooth cerebral hemispheres. Our specimens were obtained by Dr. Richard Lende in order to study the patterns of organization of their sensory and motor regions of cerebral neocortex.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on brains.anatomy.msu.edu


Is there a monkey with 9 stomachs?

They have nine stomachs

Just like cattle, proboscis monkeys have a complex stomach with many chambers – although they aren't technically ruminants. Each one of these stomachs is filled with healthy bacteria to help them digest their food.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on factanimal.com


Do cows have 12 stomachs?

The cow has four stomachs and undergoes a special digestive process to break down the tough and coarse food it eats. When the cow first eats, it chews the food just enough to swallow it. The unchewed food travels to the first two stomachs, the rumen and the reticulum, where it is stored until later.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on www2.kenyon.edu


Do cows have 10 stomachs?

So how many stomachs does a cow have? Cows actually only have one stomach… but it has four different compartments to it, so you will hear them being described as having four stomachs. Each compartment is used for a different stage of their digestive process.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on grahamsfamilydairy.com


How many stomachs does a hippo have?

The hippo is considered to be a pseudoruminant; it has a complex three-chambered stomach, but does not "chew cud".
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on en.wikipedia.org


How many stomachs do elephants have?

Elephants, along with all other "non-ruminant" herbivores, do not possess multiple stomach compartments, or chew their cud. They do, however, utilize symbiotic bacteria to break down their food.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on thinkelephants.blogspot.com


Do dogs have 2 stomachs?

Both humans and dogs have a one-stomach system for digestion (monogastric). However, a dog's digestive system differs from that of a human in several ways. In humans, digestion begins in the mouth, where enzymes in saliva begin breaking down starches into simple sugars as we chew.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on badgut.org


What animals have 32 hearts?

Which animal does have 32 hearts? To many, leeches are horrifying creatures. To a few, they're impressive and miraculous. They have 32 brains, 2 hearts, 300 teeth grouped in 3 jaws, five pairs of eyes...
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on thehealthyjournal.com


What animal has 0 hearts?

Jellyfish, starfish, and even corals manage very well without hearts. Starfish do not even have blood, so this explains why no heart is required. Instead, they use small hair-like structures called cilia to push seawater through their bodies and they extract oxygen from the water.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on kids.frontiersin.org


What animal has blue blood?

Can you guess what animals might have blue blood? Lobsters, crabs, pillbugs, shrimp, octopus, crayfish, scallops, barnacles, snails, small worms (except earthworms), clams, squid, slugs, mussels, horseshoe crabs, most spiders.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on naturalsciences.org


What animal can not fart?

Here's a mind-boggling fact: Almost all mammals fart, yet the sloth does not.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on vox.com


What animal has no back?

Animals without backbones are called invertebrates. They range from well known animals such as jellyfish, corals, slugs, snails, mussels, octopuses, crabs, shrimps, spiders, butterflies and beetles to much less well known animals such as flatworms, tapeworms, siphunculids, sea-mats and ticks.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on nhc.ed.ac.uk


What is an animal with 4 stomachs?

ruminant, (suborder Ruminantia), any mammal of the suborder Ruminantia (order Artiodactyla), which includes the pronghorns, giraffes, okapis, deer, chevrotains, cattle, antelopes, sheep, and goats. Most ruminants have a four-chambered stomach and two-toed feet.
Takedown request   |   View complete answer on britannica.com
Previous question
Which waste is highly toxic *?