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A meat-eater, platypus eat small water animals such as insect larvae, freshwater shrimps, and crayfish.

The platypus, usually active at dawn and dusk, relies on its sensitive bill to find food. With eyes and ears closed, receptors in the bill can detect electrical currents in the water and can help to find prey.

Platypus can stay underwater for up to 10 minutes. When swimming, the platypus moves itself with its front feet and uses its back feet for steering and as brakes.

Water doesn't get into the platypus's thick fur, and it swims with its eyes, ears and nostrils shut.

The platypus has no teeth, and stores its food in cheek pouches to eat on the surface. It chews its food between horny grinding plates and ridges on its upper and lower jaws before swallowing.

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