Adaptation is a special feature that allows an animal to live in a certain habitat. The platypus and the koala are two of many native animals that have special features that help them survive. A dingo, which is a non-native animal to Australia, also has special features that help them acclimate. The platypus has many characteristics that help it adapt to its environment. Platypuses have a rubbery and flexible beak. “It has hundreds of electroreceptor cells inside it, which can detect the electrical currents caused by its prey swimming through the water” (Manning). Their webbed paws are used for swimming, finding food, and for burrows to live in. The eggs that they lay are incubated by the mother in special nesting burrows (Manning). Like