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Do foxes eat platypuses

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As a rule, platypuses do not eat frogs or any vertebrates (including fish). They live on crustaceans, annelid worms and insect larvae. However, frog parts have been found in platypus droppings in very limited research.

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Foxes are a danger to young platypuses. A fox would come off second best in a fight with a male platypus, which could defend itself with the poisonous spur on its hind leg.

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They can. It is believed that, in Australia's far north, the low numbers of platypuses are due to predation by crocodiles.

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No. Platypuses do not and cannot eat other platypuses. Their diet is restricted to aquatic invertebrates.

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No. A rabbit could not eat a platypus, nor would it want to.

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Rarely. Most lizards are smaller than a platypus. However, the large monitor lizards known as "goannas" may attempt to take a young platypus.

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Snakes do not pose a threat to grown platypuses, but they can enter the platypus's burrow and eat the young.

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No. Rabbits are vegetarians.

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