It is instinctive for a young platypus to be able to swim when it gets old enough. However, the mother certainly teaches it how to find food.
The platypus has limited defence available, but will certainly defend its young in whatever way it can. When the mother leaves the chamber to find food, she leaves a "plug" of twigs and leaves in the entrance to deter would-be predators.
After hatching, the mother platypus feeds her young on milk secreted from glands, rather than from teats. They are suckled by the mother for 3-4 months, during which time she only leaves them to forage for food. Aft this time, she teaches them how to find food, and they stay with her until they are around a year old.
Mother's teach their young everything. How to go to the surface to breathe, how to find food and avoid danger, how to communicate with other Dolphins, how to find mates etc etc
Baby platypuses initially feed exclusively on mothers' milk. The mother platypus does not have teats for the baby platypuses to latch onto, but instead secretes milk through grooves on either side of her abdomen. The young platypuses suck up this milk. As they get older, they are shown by the mother platypus how to find food in rivers and creeks.
she feeds it milk untill it is old enough to find its own foodandshe barley leavs it to find food for herself thats why she gathers food when she is pregnent
They teach their young how to hunt or look for food, how to find mates and find different homes and habitats for living.
Male raccoons have no part in caring for the young. Females teach their kits how to find food.
Baby platypuses initially feed exclusively on mothers' milk. As they get older, they are shown by the mother platypus how to find food in rivers and creeks.
They are mammals that give live birth and the pups nurse from a mother's milk. They help them surface for air the first time and teach them how to hunt and communicate. They are the only sea creature that uses tools to find food and play and they teach these things to their young. They are protective and fierce and will attack sharks to ward off attacks.
One might find a platypus in nature in many different places. Some of the places that one might find a platypus in nature are: lakes and ponds in Australia.
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You can't become an actual platypus. Unfortunately, that requires different DNA. However, I am sure that you could find a Platypus costume if you want to commune with your inner platypus.