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Platypuses are not illegal. They are legitimate members of the animal kingdom.
However, it is illegal to keep platypuses as pets. They are protected native animals and very delicate, with specialised requirements. They are extremely hard to breed in captivity.
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Why are platypuses illegal outside Australia?
Platypuses are illegal as pets both outside and inside Australia. Platypuses are very delicate animals, with specialised requirements, and they are extremely hard to breed in captivity.
What traps do humans use to kill platypuses?
It is illegal to kill platypuses. One of the biggest threats to platypuses used to be the use of fishing nets in freshwater rivers and creeks, as the platypuses would become entangled in the nets and drown. Using such fishing nets has been outlawed.
How do you cook platypus?
You don't. Platypuses are a protected species and may not be hunted or killed.
Where can you sell 10 platypus furs?
It is illegal to own or sell platypus furs. Platypuses are protected animals.
Can you eat a platypus?
No.Whilst the Aborigines no doubt hunted and ate platypuses, it is illegal to eat a platypus now.
Are platypuses good house pets?
No. This is completely untrue, and also impossible. 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 quickly as platypuses are highly sensitive to ecological changes. Platypuses are native Australian animals, and therefore protected by law. They are not permitted to be kept as pets in Australia or any other country, and this will not change.
Does America have platypuses?
No. America does not have platypuses. Platypuses are endemic to eastern Australia.
Are there any dangers where a platypuses gets water?
Platypuses spend most of their waking hours hunting in water, and this can pose dangers. In the far northeast, freshwater crocodiles have been known to take platypuses. Although the use of fishing nets in creeks and rivers is illegal, these nets have in the past resulted in large numbers of platypus deaths. Being mammals, platypuses must come to the surface to breathe regularly, but when they become entangled in fishing nets, they cannot swim to the surface.
How do you spell platypuses?
Platypuses is the correct spelling.
Can a platypus be shipped?
Absolutely not. To begin with, it is illegal, as the platypus is protected by law. Secondly, the animal would quickly die. Platypuses are very sensitive to changes in their environment.
Are PLATYPUSES born alive?
Are PLATYPUSES born alive?
How were platypuses invented?
Platypuses were not invented. They were discovered by someone.
