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How do you get rid of platypus on your house?
The question is purely academic. Platypuses do not either go on a house, or in a house.
What category does platypus go in?
Platypuses are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
Where does a platypus go for protection?
Platypuses dig burrows in riverbanks or creekbanks. This is where they shelter, and where the female lays her eggs and raises the young.
Do platypus hibernate or migrate?
Platypuses swim in freshwater ponds, billabongs, rivers and creeks in eastern Australia. They are found in tropical freshwaters of northern Queensland right down to sub-Alpine freshwaters of Tasmania.
Do platypuses make good pets?
No. It is illegal to have a platypus as a pet, and you would not be able to provide the conditions it needs. It would die very quickly as platypuses are highly sensitive to ecological changes. Platypuses are native Australian animals, and therefore protected by law. They are not permitted to be kept as pets in Australia or any other country. There are currently no zoos overseas permitted to keep platypuses. Only a limited number of facilities in Australia keep them for either display or research purposes, and there are very strict government controls on the housing and keeping of these monotremes.
Is it legal to hunt a platypus?
No. The platypus is a protected, native Australian animal. It is illegal to have a platypus as a pet anywhere in the world, including Australia itself. Also, one would not be able to provide the conditions it needs. It would die very quickly as platypuses are highly sensitive to ecological changes. Platypuses are native Australian animals, and therefore protected by law. They are not permitted to be kept as pets in Australia or any other country. There are very few zoos overseas permitted to keep platypuses, and only a limited number of facilities in Australia keep them for either display or research purposes.
What does a platypus do in the morning?
They go to sleep in the morning, in burrows, although some actually forage for food still a bit in the early dawn. Platypuses are nocturnal (awake at night).
What is the cause of platypus death?
Pollution!!! They also have predators, and not alot of protective measures, but swimming away. There claws, and webbed feet, aren't really used for fighting, but for swimming, digging, and they have no teeth to defend themselves or their young with. So, when they are attacked their only action is to flee. They lay eggs which are easy prey for other animals and hard for them to protect and hide. So, they have a hard time all the way around without the added pressures of mankind!
Why can people in Australia not own platypuses?
No one anywhere - in Australia or outside of it - may own a platypus. To begin with, the platypus has very specialised needs, and unless one has access to large areas where the platypus environment can be recreated, a platypus kept in captivity will surely die. Further, Australia has a great deal of respect for its native species, and does not generally allow the keeping of native mammals as pets. Licenced carers may temporarily care for these animals, but it is illegal to keep them as pets. Many people in rural and semi-rural areas feed native animals such as kangaroos, which are always free to come and go. However, it is illegal to keep pet kangaroos, wallabies, platypuses, echidnas, sugar gliders, koalas and almost all other species.
What can be done to save the platypus?
There is no need for anything in particular to be done to save the platypus. The platypus is not endangered. There was a time when it was under threat, being particularly prized for its fur years ago. Now, platypus numbers have returned to essentially the same levels they were prior to European settlement. The Australian Government lists the platypus as "common but vulnerable". The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the platypus as "least concern". Platypuses are now strictly protected by law. There are also laws prohibiting the use of fishing nets in freshwater creeks and rivers. The use of these nets used to be a major contributor to platypus deaths.
Does a platypus go to the same location to lay its eggs if so where?
Female platypuses lay their eggs in a burrow. They lay only one set of eggs (one to three eggs) per year in this burrow. They elongate the burrow until it is about 20 meters/66 feet long to lay the eggs in it (it is normally only a few feet long). Does the female platypus lay her eggs in the same burrow every year? Probably not. Platypuses move between burrows very frequently, inhabiting up to three in a single day.
Where do you go to see an image of a platypus eating?
Go to google.com and click on Images, then type in the words platypus eating.
