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Do platypuses talk?
Platypuses do not "talk". Platypuses communicate through a variety of vocalisations. The most common is a soft growling sound.
Do whales eat platypuses?
No whales eat fish
What do a platypus and a seal have in common?
Platypuses and seals are both semi-aquatic mammals that find their food in water, but this is about where the similarities end. Platypuses lay eggs and seals give live birth; platypuses require fresh water and seals are marine mammals; platypuses use electroreceptors in their bills to find invertebrates on which they feed, while seals primarily eat fish.
Do platypuses eat krill abundant small fish?
No. Platypuses do not eat fish at all. Platypuses eat small water animals such as aquatic insect larvae of caddisflies, mayflies and two-winged flies, fresh water shrimp, annelid worms, yabbies and crayfish.
Do platypuses communicate?
Platypuses communicate through a variety of vocalisations.The most common is a soft growling sound.
Are the fish and platypus carnivores?
Platypuses are carnivores. Fish species come as both carnivores herbivores and omnivores.
Do platypus eat mainly fish?
No: platypuses do not eat fish at all. Platypuses eat small water animals such as aquatic insect larvae, fresh water shrimp, annelid worms, yabbies and crayfish.
Are platypus fish?
No, platypuses are not fish. They are mammals, specifically monotremes, which are a group of mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. Platypuses have a unique combination of mammalian, avian, and reptilian characteristics, but they are not classified as fish in any scientific taxonomy.
What do joeys koalas and platypuses have in common?
Joeys are the young of koalas and any other marsupial. Their only commonality with platypuses is that they are mammals, and they live in Australia.
What type of fish does a platypus eat?
Platypuses do not eat fish, nor any other vertebrate. They feed on invertebrates such as crustaceans, annelid worms and larvae.
How does the platypus communicate?
Platypuses communicate through a variety of vocalisations.The most common is a soft growling sound.
What are some misunderstandings about platypuses?
Some misunderstandings about platypuses are:that they are called "duckbilled platypuses": in fact, their common name is just "platypus"that they are the only mammal to lay eggs: this is not so, as the echidna is also a monotreme, or egg-laying mammalthat they eat fish and aquatic plants: platypuses are completely carnivorous, feeding on insect larvae, annelid worms, freshwater crayfish and other crustaceans and invertebrates which live in the bottom of creeks and riversthat they can breathe underwater: no mammals (not even marime mammals) can breathe underwater.that they can live in saltwater: platypuses are completely freshwater animalsthat they are part duck and part beaver: they are not - the platypus has only ever been a platypus
