The platypus is shy of most other creatures larger than itself. Sudden sounds will make it scurry for cover, and it is rarely seen in the wild by humans.
Being a mammal, the platypus feeds its young on mothers' milk. Platypuses do not have teats for the young platypus to grip. Instead, milk oozes out from the mammary glands down two grooves on either...
Baby platypuses are kept in a chamber at the end of a long burrow which may extend up to 30 metres in length. The mother platypus lines the entrance to the burrow with leaves and dry grass, which...
A baby platypus is simply called a platypus. There is no officially recognised term, although "platypup" is, rightly or wrongly, becoming more common. The term 'puggle' is often used for a baby...