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A platypus is not in the same family as ducks or crocodiles. It is an egg laying semi-aquatic mammal. It is neither a bird, like a duck, nor a reptile, like a crocodile.
Specifically, the platypus is a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. Its closest relative is the echidna, the only other egg-laying mammal.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoNot at all.
A duck is a bird. It has feathers and can fly.
A Platypus is a completely different animal. It is a monotreme (egg-laying mammal) with a bill, fur and a thick, beaver-like tail.
Other differences include:
- The platypus's bill is flatter and broader than a duck's, and serves a quite different function. It is equipped with electroreceptors, with which it detects the electrical impulses of tiny crustaceans, and it uses its bill to shovel away the dirt and mud to reach its food.
- The platypus is completely carnivorous, but a duck is omnivorous, feeding on aquatic plant life as well as insects, small fish, worms and small amphibians.
- While ducks have permanently webbed feet, the platypus has retractable webbing on its feet. The webbing is there to help it swim, but it retracts when the platypus needs to dig its burrow.
- Platypuses live and raise their young in burrows dug in the side of riverbanks. Ducks do not burrow, but build nests in which to lay their eggs.
- Platypuses are unique to Australia. Ducks are found all over the world.
- Ducks migrate; platypuses do not.
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∙ 12y agoNo. Platypuses are not ducks: neither are they related to ducks.
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Are ducks and platypuses related?
No. Ducks are birds and the Platypus is a monotreme which is an egg-laying mammal.
Do platypuses make a special sound?
Platypuses make a soft growling sound. They do not quack, as they are not even remotely related to ducks.
Is a platypus and a duck in the same water?
Platypuses and ducks do not generally occupy the same water. Platypuses prefer slow-moving rivers and creeks, while ducks tend to occupy still waters such as those found in lakes. However, platypuses certainly do occupy the banks of large lakes.
Are Platypuses considered a type of beaver duck or just in their own category?
Platypuses are completely within their own category - a sub-group known as monotremes. Platypuses are definitely not a type of beaver. Beavers are placental mammals, while platypuses are monotremes, which are egg-laying mammals. Ducks are not even remotely related to platypuses, as they are birds.
Does a duck live in a platypus family?
Of course not. Ducks and platypuses do not belong in the same family. They are not even in the same classification of vertebrates, and are not even remotely related. Platypuses are also solitary creates, living alone.
Do platypus quack or not?
Platypuses are not related to ducks in any way. Their vocal chord structure is that of a mammal, not of a bird. Therefore, they do not quack.
Is a platypus a relative of a duck?
No. The only similarity is that they are both animals. Platypuses are mammals: they are monotremes, meaning they are egg-laying mammals. Ducks are birds.
Does America have platypuses?
No. America does not have platypuses. Platypuses are endemic to eastern Australia.
What animal cannot drown?
Well some insects can't get wet. For instance, A butterfly. Chinchillas are one of the animals that shouldn't get wet.
How do you spell platypuses?
Platypuses is the correct spelling.
What animals have webbed feet and fur?
Webbed feet animals, like frogs/toads, normally live in small ponds, river banks, streams or shallow waters. Ducks, for an example, can live in rivers or lakes, or even high or shallow waters. It isn't known for ducks or frogs or swans or webbed feet animals to live in the sea.
Are PLATYPUSES born alive?
Are PLATYPUSES born alive?
