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Does a platypus have any prey?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

Yes: platypuses are carnivores.

Platypuses eat small crustaceans such as yabbies that live on the bottom of creeks and rivers. They also eat other kinds of small aquatic invertebrates, such as worms, freshwater crayfish, insect larvae, and freshwater shrimps.

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