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The platypus feeds on small freshwater creatures such as grubs and larvae, crustaceans, worms, yabbies and aquatic insects. They have very fine, sensitive electroreceptors on their bills which can pick up tiny movements of these animals. They also use their bill to dig through the mud on the bottom of ponds and rivers for their food.
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Which animals feed at dusk?
Platypus,Rodents,deer,rattlesnakes,gila monsters and Wallaby
What feeds on other animals?
Predators of all kinds feed on other animals
When does a platypus feed on its own?
A young platypus starts to feed on its own after a couple of months.
What animals are in the platypus kingdom?
All animals are in the "platypus kingdom", since the kingdom for the platypus is Animalia, which as you might guess from the name includes all animals.
What are all the kinds of meat that wolves eat?
wolves eat all diffrent kinds of animals they may try to eat a platypus a hippo a dolphin a antalope a cat a dog or any animals they can pretty much find!
What animals share the same genes as the platypus?
No animals share the same genes as the platypus. To suggest they do would be to suggest the platypus is a mixture of other animals which, or course, it is not.
Which animal lays eggs like a bird and gives milk like a cow?
There are no birds which feed their young milk. In Australia there are two animals being of the order montreme which lay eggs and feed their young milk and they are the platypus and the echidna.
What do you feed a baby platypus?
you give it milk
What are the 3 kinds of mammals?
Great Dane (DOG) Black Bear (BEAR) Platypus (Platypus)
What is the platypus's extra sense?
Platyouses have an extra sense - that of electroreception. 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 in which they feed.
What other animals are related to the platypus?
The platypus is quite unique and is not closely related to any other animal. It belongs to the order monotremata, as does the echidna (sometimes known as the spiny anteater), which is its only living relative. These animals are known as monotremes.Platypuses and echidnas are the only two kinds of mammals in the world that lay eggs.
What is the animal kingdom for the platypus?
The platypus, like all animals, is in the kingdom Animalia.
