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No. The platypus can only live near fresh water. In reality, platypuses do not live in water at all. They live in dry burrows in freshwater riverbanks and creek banks, and hunt for food in the water.
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∙ 11y agoStrictly speaking, no. Platypuses live in burrows which they dig at the side of freshwater riverbanks, creek banks or edges of lakes. They hunt in the water, but they do not live in the water.
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∙ 10y agoPlatypuses do not live in water at all. They live in deep burrows dug above the waterline of creeks and rivers. And no, these waterways must be freshwater, not salt water.
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∙ 15y agoin fresh water
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