What would happen if the platypus would extinct?

Answer 1

there would be no more platypuses!

Answer 2

Every animal that becomes extinct affects the animals that preyed on that animal. There are several animals that eat platypuses: snakes, water rats, goannas, spotted quolls, eels, hawks, owls and eagles. When an animal that eats a certain animal no longer has that animal as a food source, that can reduce the population of the animals that ate it. So every single animal that becomes extinct affects others.

Think of it like a bunch of dominoes set up, and then you knock one down, which knocks the next one down, etc. These animals becoming extinct will eventually also affect humans.

Answer 3

Platypus do not yet qualify as threatened, although they are unofficially "vulnerable". Although very delicate creatures, sensitive to ecological changes and habitat loss, their distribution is still much the same as it was prior to European settlement, apart from in South Australia where they were wiped out last century (like many native species), being hunted for their fur. The platypus is now a completely protected species.

Answer 4

There is no immediate danger of the platypus becoming extinct. It is not even listed as endangered. Platypus numbers are believed to have returned to around the same level they were prior to European settlement.

Answer 5

They are not extinct. The platypus is found in Australia.

Not only are platypuses not extinct, they are classified as "least concern", meaning they are in no immediate danger of extinction.

However, there are some threats to the platypus's survival. The introduction of red foxes as a predator for rabbits may have reduced platypus numbers on the mainland. The platypus's principal enemy is Man. Humans used to hunt them for their fur, but they are now protected. The danger is now not from hunting, but from destruction of their environment. Also, the use of fishing nets in freshwater creeks and rivers resulted in large numbers being drowned, but this practice has been banned. So, technically, man is not the platypus's predator because he does not eat it, but he is a threat to the platypus. The platypuses were and are affected by man but not eaten by him.

Tasmanian platypuses are subject to platypus fungal disease, or Mucormycosis. This fungal disease causes ugly skin lesions or ulcers to develop on various parts of the platypus's body, including their backs, tails and legs. These lesions become quite large, and are ultimately fatal. Death comes from secondary infection, and from the fact that the platypus's ability to maintain body temperature and forage efficiently for food is affected. It's not yet known how the disease spreads from platypus to platypus, but the mainland creatures are not affected.

Answer 6

The platypus is not in any danger of being extinct.

Answer 7

we would be very sad