How does human population affect how the platypus lives?

Answer 1

Humans affect platypuses through habitat loss and pollution of waterways. People have introduced predatory species such as dogs and foxes. Using nets to catch fish has caused innumerable platypus deaths in the past, but this practice is now illegal.

In the past, humans affected the platypus by killing them for their pelts, but since the platypus has become a protected species, its numbers have returned to figures similar to what they were before European settlement in Australia. There are fewer platypuses in the wild in South Australia than there once were.

Now, the platypus is officially protected.

Answer 2

Increases in human population affect the platypus through habitat loss and pollution of waterways. People have introduced predatory species such as dogs and foxes. Using nets to catch fish has caused innumerable platypus deaths in the past, but this practice is now illegal.

In the past, humans affected the platypus by killing them for their pelts, but since the platypus has become a protected species, its numbers have returned to figures similar to what they were before European settlement in Australia. There are fewer platypuses in the wild in South Australia than there once were.

Now, the platypus is officially protected.

Answer 3

Platypuses have very little effect on their environment.

Although they dig burrows, they are just above the waterline and do not cause erosion. Unlike beavers, platypuses do not make dams, so they do not affect watercourses.

Their primary food sources include worms, insect larvae, and freshwater shrimp. Even when they dig these up from the bottom of the river or creek where they dive and hunt for food, their impact is minimal.

Answer 4

Humans affect platypuses through habitat loss and pollution of waterways.

Using nets to catch fish has caused innumerable platypus deaths in the past, but this practice is now illegal.

Human activities sometimes lead to flooding of the waterways, and this affects the platypus as it is an air-breathing mammal. The young have been known to be flushed out of their burrows and drowned in floods.

Answer 5

Platypuses are shy animals which avoid contact with humans as much as possible. Humans have had considerable impact on platypuses in the past, such as killing platypuses for their fur, or using fishing nets in rivers which caused entangled platypuses to drown as they could not come to the surface to breathe. However, now the platypus is a protected native species. They are elusive creatures, rarely even studied by scientists, as research can be too intrusive in their environment.

Answer 6

well it doesn't even affect the ecosystem because they help us with some other problem and the really help us on our environment!

Answer 7

raping there anals to often