The platypus uses its sharp claws (with retractable membranes) to dig a burrow in a riverbank or creek bank.
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A platypus is an interesting creature.
One does not use a platypus for anything. One allows it to live in peace in the wild.
You would not use a platypus anywhere. However, you might encounter one in Australia.
No, the platypus is the only species. It is not actually known as the duck-billed platypus: this is just a nickname which only non-Australians use.
The main part of the platypus's body which it uses to find food is its unique bill. The bill of a platypus has sensitive electroreceptors which pick up tiny nerve and electrical impulses generated by crustaceans and other animals that inhabit the bottom of the creek or river. The platypus then uses its bill to shovel away the dirt, and find the food. Of course, without the platypus's strong tail, which acts as a rudder, or its webbed feet, it would not be able to swim and dive in order to catch its food.
Both types of monotremes - the platypus and the echidna - are unusual, but perhaps the platypus is considered the most unusual of all. The platypus has a bill equipped with electroreceptors which it uses to find its food. It must live on land but find its food in the water. It has retractable webbing on its feet so that it can still use its sharp claws to dig.
No. Platypuses do not use mimicry of any description.
to swim and
Yes. The platypus is a mammal and all mammals have lungs. Even marine mammals such as dolphins and whales must use lungs to breathe. When swimming, the platypus must surface regularly to breathe.
to swim more efficiently
The playtpus swam in the river.