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Monotremes are egg-laying mammals from Australia. They are uniquely designed creatures adapted to the various conditions of tropical, sub-alpine, bushland and desert Australia.
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What are the platypus's predators?
Platypuses have few enemies in the wild, because they mainly live underwater and in hidden shelters, from tropical north regions...
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What are the only mammals that lay eggs?
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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Where does the platypus live?
Platypuses live throughout eastern coastal Australia and its island state of Tasmania, particularly within heavily wooded and...
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Is the platypus endangered?
The platypus, although found only in the country of Australia (which includes the island state of Tasmania) is not endangered....
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What are the platypus's closest relatives?
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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What do platypuses eat?
Platypuses are carnivores. They are predators; they eat small water animals such as aquatic insect larvae, fresh water shrimp,...
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What is a platypus?
The Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia and Tasmania. Together with the...
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What adaptations does a platypus have?
A platypus has webbing between its claws on its feet. Its claws are used for digging burrows into riverbanks for shelter, and the...
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What is a young platypus called?
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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Are platypuses blind?
Platypuses have perfectly good vision, but they do close their eyes while hunting. They instead use a form of electric sensing,...
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Does a platypus lay eggs?
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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Where is the Platypus in the food chain?
The platypus's main predator is the banana. Platypuses, especially small ones, can be eaten by a variety of predators including...
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How do platypuses protect themselves from predators?
Male Platypuses have ankle spurs on their hind legs through which they can dispense venom composed largely of defensin-like...
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How long can a platypus live?
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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What are some mammals that lay eggs?
Platypus and Echidna (spiny anteater) from Australia are the only two mammals that lay eggs. They are called monotremes.
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What sound does a platypus make?
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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What does a Platypus footprint look like?
A platypus footprint will show webbing spreading out between 5 claws. See the related links.
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Are platypuses poisonous?
Platypus are not poisonous by biting, but males have poisonous spurs on their feet. The poisonous spur is actually hollow, and...
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What two mammals lay eggs?
The platypus and the echidna are both monotremes, that is, egg-laying mammals. Both of these creatures are found in Australia,...
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What are the only two egg laying mammals in the world?
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What does a platypus look like?
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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Where do Duck billed platylus live?
rain forest
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What is some information about the platypus?
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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What is the scientific name for the platypus?
Ornithorhynchus anatinus The original name was Platypus anatinus, from Greek and Latin words meaning "flat-footed, duck-like"....
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What size is a platypus?
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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What kind of animal eats the most in one day?
Aberham Cervantes el Nabraham
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What are the characteristics of a platypus?
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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How big are platypus eggs?
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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What is the population of the platypus?
The platypus is not endangered in Australia, and the IUCN, or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural...
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What percentage of food does a platypus eat a day?
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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What is the life cycle of a platypus?
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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Where can you find a diagram of the alimentary canal of a platypus?
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How do platypuses care for their young?
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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What is the platypus' prey?
The platypus eats many different kinds of small aquatic invertebrates, such as worms, freshwater crayfish, insect larvae, and...
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What are the adaptations of a platypus?
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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Where does the echidna live?
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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Can you have a platypus for a pet?
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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What are some adaptations of the echidna?
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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Are platypuses marsupials?
Platypuses are mammals, but not marsupials (pouched mammals). They are monotremes, that is, egg-laying mammals.
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Are Platypuses mammals?
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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What zone does the platypus live in?
Platypuses live in freshwater rivers and lakes in Australia, within sub-tropical, temperate and sub-Alpine zones.
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How many young can platypuses have?
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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Do platypuses build dams?
No, they don't build dams, but they live in burrows near the waterline.
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How did the platypus get its name?
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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What do echidnas eat?
Echidnas live almost exclusively in termites, although they also eat ants. Echidnas have large claws for breaking open termite...
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Does The Platypus live in family groups or on its own?
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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What is the plural of platypus?
"Platypus" or "platypuses" are both accepted plural forms. The plural of platypus is not platypi.
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Is an echidna an Australian native animal?
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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Is a platypus a mammal?
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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How does a platypus move?
On land the platypus waddles because of the shape of its feet, which are webbed. When in the water, where it hunts for it's food,...
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What size is a baby platypus?
A newly hatched platypus is about the size and weight of a bean.
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Are platypuses nocturnal or diurnal?
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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Are platypuses on coins?
The platypus is on the Australian "two bob" twenty cent piece.
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Do platypuses hibernate or migrate?
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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How does the echidna protect it self?
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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What eats an echidna?
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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What can be done to save the platypus?
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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How many times a minute does an echidna flick its tongue?
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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What order in the scientific classification is the platypus in?
They are a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. The echidna is also a monotreme.
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What is a baby echidna called?
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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What is an echidna?
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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What is a male platypus called?
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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What is the diet of a platypus?
They eat: yabbies, shrimp, crayfish, earthworms, May flies, dragonflies, mussels, trout eggs, frog eggs, tadpoles, and small...
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Should the platypus be saved?
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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What type of foods does the platypus eat?
The Platypus uses its soft sensitive duckbill to feel around and and under rocks for insects and other underwater invertebrates.
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What is the NSW faunal emblem?
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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For the platypus describe the reproductive adaptations that ensure fertilization survival of the embryo survival of the young after birth?
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Are echidnas endangered?
The echidna is common throughout Australia, and its conservation status is not listed as endangered. The echidna is less affected...
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What are interesting facts about the platypus?
Platypuses are monotremes. This means that, like echidnas, they are mammals which lay eggs. Although they lay eggs, the young...
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Are platypus harmful or helpful to the environment?
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Are warm blooded animals mammals?
No, as well as being warm blooded, mammals are characterized by the presence of sweat glands, including milk producing sweat...
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Can a platypus kill you?
No, they can't. Theoretically, anything can kill you, but under normal circumstances, their venom is only strong enough to kill a...
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Why is a platypus a mammal?
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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Where can you buy a platypus?
up my ass
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Are platypuses extinct?
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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How does a platypus affect the ecosystem?
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Does a platypus give birth to young ones?
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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Is a duckbill platypus the same as a regular platypus?
Yes. They are properly called just "platypus", but the name "duckbilled platypus" is often applied. Some believe their bill...
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Why does a platypus have a spur on its hind legs?
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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What is the size of an echidna?
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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What is the difference between a porcupine and an echidna?
The porcupine and the echidna are two very different animals. Echidnas are monotremes (egg-laying mammals) and porcupines are...
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What are the platypus's ancestors?
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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Why does a platypus store fat inside of its tail?
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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What is platypus in Spanish?
Ornitorrinco.
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Why is a platypus hard to classify?
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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What biome does the platypus live in?
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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How many eggs does a platypus lay at a time?
It lays one to three (usually two) small, leathery eggs
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What is a group of platypus called?
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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What is the difference between a platypus and an echidna?
Platypuses and echidnas have several things in common, and several differences. They are both monotremes, egg-laying mammals....
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Where do buck crack platypus live?
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What are the 7 levels of classification for a Platypus?
there are many
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What scientific kingdom is the platypus in?
The platypus belongs to the kingdom Animalia.
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Is a platypus a omnivore carnivore or herbivore?
The Platypus is a carnivore: it feeds on annelid worms and insect larvae, freshwater shrimps, and yabbies (freshwater crayfish)...
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What color is a platypus?
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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Do platypuses hibernate?
No. Platypuses do not hibernate. No Australian native mammals hibernate.
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What is the habitat of the echidna?
Echidna is found all over Australia and can survive a range of temperatures and habitats Though mostly nocturnal, in mild weather...
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How does a platypus inject the venom?
I THINK that venom comes out from small tiny holes from the platypuses hind feet or I THINK its probably just like we sweat....
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How do you say 'platypus' in Afrikaans?
Eendbek-dier (Duckbilled-Animal)
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How does a platypus reproduce?
they lay eggs. they are monotremes.
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