Platypuses and Echidnas

The platypus and the echidna are both egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. They are still classified as mammals because they feed...

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Platypuses have few enemies in the wild, because they mainly live underwater and in hidden shelters, from tropical north regions...

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Platypuses are native to Australia alone. Platypuses live throughout eastern coastal Australia and its island state of Tasmania,...

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The platypus, although found only in the country of Australia (which includes the island state of Tasmania) is not endangered. It...

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Platypuses are carnivores. They are predators; they eat small water animals such as aquatic insect larvae, fresh water shrimp,...

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The platypus belongs to the order monotremata, as does the echidna, sometimes known as the spiny anteater, which is its only...

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The Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia and Tasmania. Together with the...

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The platypus is uniquely adapted to live in a semi-aquatic environment. It has: Webbed feet with a retracting webbed membrane...

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The term 'puggle' is often used for a young platypus just as it is for a young echidna. It has been reported that it is not...

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A platypus is a mammal that lays eggs - a monotreme. It is one of only 2 mammals known to do so, the other being the echidna. ...

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No. Platypuses are not blind. In fact, they have acute vision. However, they do close their eyes when searching underwater for...

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Platypuses in the wild have been recorded as living to at least 16 years. However, because they are such reclusive creatures,...

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Platypuses, especially small ones, can be eaten by a variety of predators including spotted-tailed quoll, dingo, feral cat,...

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Male Platypuses have ankle spurs on their hind legs through which they can dispense venom composed largely of defensin-like...

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The platypus has a variety of vocalisations. When they are disturbed, they may make soft growling sounds, like that of a puppy. ...

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Platypus are not poisonous by biting, but males have venomous spurs on their feet. Platypuses are the only venomous mammals. ...

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A platypus footprint will show webbing spreading out between 5 claws. See the related links.

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Ornithorhynchus anatinusThe original name was Platypus anatinus, from Greek and Latin words meaning "flat-footed, duck-like"....

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Platypuses are only small creatures. A male platypus is 50-60 cm in length, whilst the female is smaller, averaging 40-50 cm in...

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The platypus is sometimes known as a "duck-billed platypus", but this is a misnomer, as its bill serve a function quite different...

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No. It is illegal to have a platypus as a pet, and you would not be able to provide the conditions it needs. It would die very...

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Spiny anteaters, more properly known as echidnas, have eggs in order to ensure the continuity of their own kind. They are...

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A platypus is a monotreme, i.e. an egg-laying mammal. It has dense, waterproof fur and a thick, beaver-like tail, but that is its...

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A male platypus is 50-60 cm in length, whilst the female is smaller, averaging 40-50 cm in length. They are very lightly built...

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Adaptations of the echidna include: A long tongue with sticky saliva, with which it eats termites and ants.A long snout which...

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Platypus eggs are just a couple of centimetres in size - about the size of a grape. They are small, smooth and leathery, unlike...

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The platypus is not endangered in Australia, and the IUCN, or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural...

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The platypus most of its time searching for food as it must eat the equivalent of its own weight daily to meet its own energy...

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The platypus spends ten days as an egg incubating within its mother, until the egg is laid. The egg is incubated by the mother...

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Platypuses lay between one and three eggs at a time, once a year. Their reproductive years extend from around age two to at least...

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A beaver is a rodent which bears live young; a platypus is a monotreme (egg-laying mammal)A beaver has large front teeth;...

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Male platypuses have a hollow spur behind their rear ankle through which they can deliver a venom powerful enough to kill a dog...

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Platypuses are mammals, but not marsupials (pouched mammals). They are monotremes, that is, egg-laying mammals.

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Platypuses are one of two types of mammals which lay eggs. Unlike the echidna, the other egg-laying mammal (or monotreme), the...

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Yes. The platypus is a semi- aquatic mammal only found in Australia. It is a monotreme, that is, an egg-laying mammal. As a...

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The platypus eats many different kinds of small aquatic invertebrates, such as worms, freshwater crayfish, insect larvae, and...

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Platypuses live in freshwater rivers and lakes in Australia, within sub-tropical, temperate and sub-Alpine zones.

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Echidnas are found throughout most of Australia, and are highly adaptable to a wide range of environments, which has been one of...

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"Platypus" or "platypuses" are both accepted plural forms. The plural of platypus is not platypi. It is unfortunate that some...

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Yes: specifically, it is a monotreme, that is, an egg-laying mammal. The only other species which is an egg-laying mammal is the...

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Platypuses can not kill average healthy humans. Generally, the platypus is a very shy creature which will avoid contact with...

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The platypus is on the Australian "two bob" twenty cent piece.

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No, they don't build dams, but they live in burrows near the waterline.

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In the early days of European settlement in Australia, the platypus was known as a water-mole. British scientist, Dr George Shaw,...

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The Echidna, sometimes called the spiny anteater, is an egg-laying mammal, or monotreme.

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Echidnas live almost exclusively on termites, although they also eat ants. Echidnas have large claws for breaking open termite...

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On land the platypus waddles because of the shape of its feet, which are webbed. When in the water, where it hunts for its food,...

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No. Echidnas are highly adaptable to a variety of conditions, so they are one of the Australian native animals which has been...

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The platypus is a solitary creature and tends to live alone. It only lives in a family group while the mother raises the young....

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Platypuses do not give birth to live young. They are one of only two types of mammals to lay eggs. Fertilised platypus eggs stay...

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Yes, the echidna is native to Australia, but it is also native to New Guinea. The species in Australia is the short-beaked...

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Platypuses neither hibernate nor migrate. They are active throughout the year, and they tend to stay by their home pond, creek or...

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The biggest threat to echidnas occurs when they are young. Snakes will sometimes enter their burrow and eat the baby echidna....

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A newly hatched platypus is about the size and weight of a bean.

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Platypuses are mainly nocturnal, and can usually only be seen at dawn and the in the very early morning, and dusk/late evening.

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The platypus is of the order monotremata, or egg-laying mammal. The echidna is also a monotreme.

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Like a hedgehog an Echidna can curl up into a tight spiky ball. Due to the presence of their spines, echidnas simply do not have...

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The platypus is native to Australia and is protected by law. Although vulnerable to habitat loss and changes brought about by...

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The echidna is not a particularly quick eater, but it is a tenacious one. It is not reliant so much on how quickly it can flick...

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There is no specific term for a baby echidna. There are some reports that they are called puggles. This is incorrect. The term...

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The echidna, also known as a spiny anteater, is a monotreme. It is found in Australia, and another variety is found in New...

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There is no official name for a male or female platypus, but the pups are sometimes called platypups, not "puggles". The word...

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No, as well as being warm blooded, mammals are characterized by the presence of sweat glands, including milk producing sweat...

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They eat: yabbies, shrimp, crayfish, earthworms, May flies, dragonflies, mussels, trout eggs, frog eggs, tadpoles, and small...

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Whilst the platypus is not actually endangered, it should still be preserved. There is no other animal like them on Earth.

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The platypus (Ornithorhynchus Anatinus) was chosen as the NSW emblem because it is found in the creeks and rivers right along...

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Not at all. The platypus is one of a group of animals called monotremes - mammals ( as they suckle young with milk and have fur)...

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Platypuses spend most of their time searching for food, as they must eat the equivalent of their own body weight daily.

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Platypuses are monotremes. This means that, like echidnas, they are mammals which lay eggs. Although they lay eggs, the young...

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The Platypus comes from a subgroup of mammals called monotreme. The only other animal in this subgroup is the echidna. I think...

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Nowhere. They are an endangered species and are protected by Australian law. It is illegal to have one in captivity. Wrong, they...

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When a baby platypus is hatched, it does have tiny, rudimentary teeth which fall out within a few weeks. These teeth are believed...

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Rather than giving birth to live young, the platypus actually lays eggs. It lays between one and three eggs, once a year.

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Yes. They are properly called just "platypus", but the name "duckbilled platypus" is often applied. Some believe their bill...

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Platypuses are carnivores. They are predators; they eat small water animals such as aquatic insect larvae, fresh water shrimp,...

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The male platypus has a hollow spur on each of its hind ankles through which it releases venom which is strong enough to kill a...

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On average, platypuses breed just once a year, laying one to three eggs at a time. The eggs are soft-shelled and leathery.

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An adult echidna ranges between 35cm and 53cm in length. It is 30cm or less in height. It has a snout of around 7-8cm long. The...

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Platypuses are not designed to be used for anything. They do not have to have a purpose. They are harmless wild animals that are...

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The porcupine and the echidna are two very different animals. Echidnas are monotremes (egg-laying mammals) and porcupines are...

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No. A platypus does not have a pouch. The mother platypus curls up around the eggs to incubate them, and after they are hatched,...

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The platypus has only ever been a platypus. It has not been an otter, a duck or a beaver. Fossils of possible platypus ancestors...

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A platypus stores most of its body fat in its tail to help it survive when food is limited, and to prepare for when the female...

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The platypus breeding season is spring and summer, from about September through to February, sometimes extending to March.

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Platypuses live in burrows dug into riverbanks and creek banks. These creeks may run through dense rainforest, or through...

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The platypus uses its bill to find food. It closes its eyes when underwater, and uses its bill to detect movements. Equipped with...

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Because it has a bill similar to that of a duck, but it has fur and gives milk to its young like a mammal, and it has clawed feet...

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The platypus lives in Australia, on the banks of freshwater creeks, rivers and ponds, etc. It is practically impossible to keep...

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The is no collective noun for platypus. Platypus are solitary animals and do not form social groupings or families, so there has...

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The colour of a platypus's fur is dark brown over most of its body, with a grey undercoat. Its belly is gold-coloured or silky...

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Yes and no.In monotremes, which includes the platypus, there are mammary glands but no teats. When producing the milk, the mother...

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There is just one type of platypus, and no other sub-species or sub-classifications.

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