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The platypus swims often as it must hunt its food in the water, only returning to land to shelter in a burrow dug in the riverbank or creek bank. Platypuses make hundreds of dives in a single feeding session, and it must find enough food to make up its own body weight each day.
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∙ 11y agoNo. The female platypus excavates a separate chamber at the end of a long burrow which she digs in a riverbank above the waterline. She lays her eggs in this chamber, which she lines with leaves to protect the eggs from the water she may carry in with her.
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How does platypus fur adapt to the water?
They swim alot
What do penguins do that platypus can't?
penguins swim and platypus's don't
How does a platypus travel?
The platypus walks with a "waddling" movement.
Does a platypus swim?
Yes. Platypuses spend most of their waking hours in the water, diving and swimming as they hunt for food.
Does a platypus walk or swim?
Both. The platypus has four legs. When on land, it walks. When in water, it swims. Its feet have retractable webbing between the toes. This means it can swim effectively, but it can also dig on land because the webbing retracts to expose the sharp claws.
How do platypuses swim with a beaver tail?
They don't. Platypuses swim with a platypus's tail. The beaver's tail is broader and flatter than a platypus's, and covered with special scales. The platypus's tail is covered with dense fur.
What is the shape of the platypus?
Like many semi-aquatic mammals, the platypus has a streamlined body. This enables the platypus to swim and dive faster.
What does the platypus use its webbed feet and tail for?
to swim and
What is the shape of a platypus's body?
Like many semi-aquatic mammals, the platypus has a streamlined body. This enables the platypus to swim and dive faster.
What is a platypus's oddity?
Possibly the oddest quality of the platypus is its bill, which is equipped with electroreceptors which can detect tiny crustaceans in the water, on which the platypus feeds. It is the only mammal with such a bill. Its feet are also odd. They have retractable webbing; the webbing enables them to swim more efficiently, and it retracts so that the platypus can dig its burrows for shelter.
Does a baby platypus know how how to swim when it is born?
No. When a baby platypus hatches, it is the size of a bean, blind and completely helpless.
What do platypus use the web feet for?
to swim more efficiently
