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  1. Where is a platypus in a food web? - Answers

    Oct 6, 2023 · Platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal (it finds its food in water but it lives on land) found in Eastern Australia.Specifically, the platypus is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal.

  2. What are predators of the platypus? - Answers

    Oct 8, 2023 · Platypuses have few predators in the wild, because they mainly hunt underwater and live in hidden shelters, from tropical north regions to the sub-alpine areas of southern Australia.The ...

  3. Is it legal to own a platypus in the U.S? - Answers

    Dec 8, 2024 · It is not legal to own a platypus anywhere. Specially licensed animal sanctuaries are permitted to keep and breed platypuses, but the creatures require a very specialised, balanced …

  4. Does a platypus nurse its young? - Answers

    Oct 8, 2023 · What animals feeds its young duck platypus frog tiger? Both the platypus and tiger are mammals and nurse their young. The platypus, however, also hatches its young from eggs (a …

  5. What color is a platypus? - Answers

    Mar 10, 2025 · A platypus has dark brown fur over most of its body, with a grey undercoat. Its belly is gold-coloured or silky grey. Its feet are dark brown to black, and its bill is a slate grey colour.

  6. Is a platypus a bird? - Answers

    Oct 8, 2023 · The reason the platypus may be mistaken for a bird is that it is one of only three species of egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. It is a mammal because it has fur, and because it feeds its …

  7. How much food does the platypus eat? - Answers

    Oct 8, 2023 · The platypus most of its time searching for food as it must eat about 20% of its own weight in food each day, while a lactating female must eat the equivalent of its own weight daily to meet its ...

  8. Can a platypus jump - Answers

    Oct 8, 2023 · What else can I help you with? Does a platypus jump into a river? No; but the platypus does dive into water.

  9. To what order do platypuses belong? - Answers

    Oct 8, 2023 · The platypus is a monotreme, and of the order monotremata.Together with the short-beaked and long-beaked echidna, the platypus is one of the few egg-laying mammals in the world.

  10. What is the function of the bill in a Platypus? - Answers

    Oct 9, 2023 · The platypus and echidna are both found in Australia, and they are both egg-laying mammals. Some may consider that the platypus has a bill like a duck, but the term "duck-billed …