Platypuses do not "rest" underwater. Like all mammals, they are air-breathing creatures. They may remain motionless, holding their breath for several minutes, if danger threatens. Platypuses shelter and rest in burrows they dig above the waterline of creeks and rivers.
Yes, platypuses do have eyes, and they use them whenever they are on land. Platypuses close their eyes when they dive and hunt underwater for food. They do not need to see underwater, as they use the electroreceptors in their bills to detect living organisms underwater.
Yes. Platypuses close their eyes when they dive and hunt underwater for food. they do not need to see underwater, as they use the electroreceptors in their bills to detect living organisms underwater.
Of course not. They are designed for underwater swimming.
Yes, platypuses do have eyelids. They close their eyes when underwater, hunting by using the special sense of electroreception in their bill.
Platypuses are shy animals which avoid contact with humans as much as possible. When humans approach, they will either disappear into their burrows, or hide underwater. When motionless and avoiding people, platypuses can remain underwater without resurfacing for up to eight minutes.
Yes: when not submerged underwater, the platypus has acute hearing.
Because the lice would drown on there fur underwater .
Platypuses are mammals, so they use the same type of respiratory system as other mammals - mouth, nose and lungs. They do not breathe underwater.
Platypuses are indeed semi-aquatic. Platypuses live and shelter in burrows dug into dry land, but they need to hunt for their food in freshwater creeks and rivers. Platypuses cannot breathe underwater.
No. Platypuses are air-breathing mammals, which use their lungs to breathe. Most times, they stay underwater for just one to two minutes. However, if a predator threatens, the platypus is able to stay underwater, motionless, for up to eight minutes, holding its breath.
Platypuses cannot breathe underwater, just like mammals and dolphins can't. They tend to stay underwater for one to two minutes at a time, and can stay underwater as long as ten minutes, if left undisturbed.
No. Platypuses feed only on live prey. Because their bills detect fine electrical impulses from underwater crustaceans and invertebrates, platypuses cannot locate the prey unless it is live.