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Will an owl eat a platypus?
Unlikely. Platypuses are too large for owls to take. Platypuses also spend most of the night-time hours diving and swimming, and therefore are largely inaccessible to owls.
What do platypuses play with?
Platypuses are not "playful" creatures. They are industrious creatures which spend most of their waking hours searching for food in creeks and rivers.
What do platypuse do?
Platypuses spend most of their time diving and swimming, searching for food, as they must eat the equivalent of their own body weight daily.
What are mammals that can swim called?
Most mammals are capable of swimming. The ones that spend all of their time in water are called aquatic mammals, and the ones that spend part of their time in water (such as platypuses, otters and beavers) are called semi-aquatic.
What time in the day do platypuses go out?
Platypuses are nocturnal. This means they spend the daytime hours asleep in their burrows, and only come out during the Kate afternoon and dusk in order to feed.
Do platypuses spend up to twelve hours a day in water as cold as 0 degrees celsius?
No. While platypuses do spend 10-12 hours a day in water foraging for food, the temperature of the water is not that low. 0 degrees Celsius is the freezing point of water. Platypuses do not live in water that is frozen. Platypuses are most active when the water temperature is from 16-20 degrees Celsius.
Does a platypus swim?
Yes. Platypuses spend most of their waking hours in the water, diving and swimming as they hunt for food.
Can platypuses live in the water?
Platypuses must live on land (in burrows) but they hunt for food in the water. They are air-breathing mammals, but unlike whales and dolphins, they do not have a blowhole, so they cannot spend all of their time in water,
What is the behaviour of a platypus?
Platypuses are very shy creatures, elusive and difficult to see in their natural state. They shelter in burrows they dig into riverbanks, and when feeding, spend most of their time digging along the bottom of riverbeds and ponds.
Do platypuses live in Australian waterways?
Not quite - platypuses do not live in water, but dig burrows alongside freshwater sources. They spend most of their waking hours diving for food in the water. Platypuses are found near freshwater rivers, creeks and lakes throughout eastern Australia and the southern island state of Tasmania.
Do fish spend most of their time looking for food?
No they do not they spend most of their time sleeping.
Where do rabbits spend their time?
They spend the most of their time out and about, foraging.
