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Do platypuses live in streams

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14y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Platypuses do not actually live in the water. Platypuses find all their food in freshwater creeks, rivers and ponds, and they burrow into riverbanks for shelter. Their burrows can be up to 30 metres (100 feet) in length, but they are dug above the waterline.

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