The platypus can reach a length of up to 55cm.
Average head-body length is 30-40cm, and tail length is 10-15 cm.
The male platypus's spur is about 15 mm in length.
baby platypus nurse for approx three to four months
A platypus can run 2 miles per hour
The young platypus stays with its mother for three to four months.
A baby platypus stays in the chamber of its mother's burrow for about six weeks.
Platypus Affiliated Society's motto is 'The Left is dead! -- Long live the Left!'.
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Platypus do not migrate. They are solitary animals which stay in one area, as long as food and water is plentiful.
The platypus's burrow can be anywhere between 10 and 30 metres long (up to 100 feet).
The platypus lays between one and three eggs.
until they die
until they die