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Do platypus really chatter

Updated: 10/8/2023
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14y ago

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Yes. Platypuses have a variety of vocalisations. When they are disturbed, they may make soft growling sounds, like that of a puppy.

Despite the misnomer "duck-billed platypus", platypuses do not make a quacking sound.

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Platypuses make noises in order to communicate. One of the features which characterises mammals is their well-developed larynx, which enables them to make a variety of vocalisations to communicate with each other. Mothers and their babies communicate via such vocalisations, while males and females also include noises during their courtship rituals.

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Platypuses do not have a mating call. They only tend to make any sort of vocalisations when they are threatened or disturbed, and even this is a very soft growling sound, barely discernible.

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No. It may have an eye infection, which could cause a discharge, but a platypus does not cry.

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No. Platypuses do not "chatter".

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