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Is platypus insect

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14y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

It is not an insect. Platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal (it finds its food in water but it lives on land) found in Eastern Australia.

Specifically, the platypus is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal.

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