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The platypus lives on land, but must live next to water. It digs burrows above the waterline of freshwater creeks and rivers. The platypus is an air-breathing mammal which must live on land, but it hunts for its food in water. It is dependent on water for its food, and can hold its breath for an average of 1-2 minutes for each dive it makes.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThis is difficult to determine. Platypuses shelter in dry burrows, and they mate and reproduce in land, rather than in the water. Once the female lays her eggs. she does not leave the nest and the young for several weeks. However, platypuses spend most of their waking hours diving, swimming and seeking food.
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∙ 13y agoA platypus is dependent on water for its food, and it needs the land for breeding and for shelter. A platypus is an air-breathing mammal which must live on land, but it hunts for its food in water.
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∙ 14y agoThe platypus is an air-breathing mammal which must live on land, but it hunts for its food in water. It is dependent on water for its food, and can hold its breath for an average of 1-2 minutes for each dive it makes. However, it lives in dry burrows it digs above the waterline of freshwater creeks and rivers.
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∙ 11y agoThe platypus spends most of its time on land. It lives on land, burrowing into riverbanks to make its shelter above the waterline, though it constantly hunts for its food in water during its waking hours. Platypuses also mate on land. In addition, the female will spend at least three weeks out of water during breeding season: ten days incubating the eggs, and the first weeks of the newly hatched babies' lives nurturing them until she is ready to leave them and hunt for food.
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∙ 6y agoYes, it can live on land but is adapted to feed and propel itself through water. It therfore while it spends much of its time out of water it does need an aqueous bime to survive.
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∙ 14y agoPlatypuses live mostly on land, but they feed entirely in water. Their shelter is in burrows dug in riverbanks, but these burrows are quite dry, above the water line.
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What are some mammals that live on both land and water?
Well I guess a platypus and beaver.
What ecosystem a platypus live?
A platypus will live near fresh water. It will need access to a river or lake, as that is where it spends a majority of its time. It will also need land nearby with some shrubbery or brush for cover.
Can a platypus roll?
A platypus can roll in the water if it chooses, but it is unlikely that it could roll on land.
Does a platypus find food in both water and on land?
No. The platypus is adapted for finding food in the water, not on land. The sensitive electroreceptors in its bill work underwater, not in the air.
What animals live in water and on land?
frogs, igunas ,crabs ,penguins, seals ,walrus.but penguins seals and walrus mainly live ubove ground.aligators i think.
What animals can live on land and also water in Australia?
The crocodile is one worth mentioning. Crocodiles can outrun humans over short distances. The female crocodile lays her eggs on dry land.
Is a duck-billed platypus a marine mammal?
It isn't a "marine mammal" because it doesn't continuously live in salt water. A dolphin or whale, which never come ashore, is a "marine mammal". A platypus is an amphibious mammal, meaning that is capable of functioning in the water or on land.
What animal live in water lay eggs and has hair?
platypus
Is platypus insect?
It is not an insect. Platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal (it finds its food in water but it lives on land) found in Eastern Australia.Specifically, the platypus is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal.
Where does a platypus get its water?
Platypuses obtain their water from the freshwater creeks and rivers near which they live.
How long can a platypus stay in water?
Platypuses can stay in the water all night, when is primarily when they feed. They make hundreds of dives daily in order to find enough food, swimming and sifting for invertebrates in the mud at the bottom of the river or creek. They only need to come out onto land to sleep.
What are examples of river mammals?
Mammals which are semi-aquatic, i.e. live on land but spend much of their time in rivers include the platypus, yapok, water shrew, water rat, beaver and otter.
