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No. In fact, no mammal can breathe underwater, including marine mammals such as whales, dolphins and dugongs.
Platypuses can hold their breath for an average of 1-2 minutes at a time, so must make hundreds of dives every day to obtain enough food to eat. If threatened, they can lie still and are capable of holding their breath for a maximum of eight to ten minutes.
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Do platypuses have eyes?
Yes, platypuses do have eyes, and they use them whenever they are on land. Platypuses close their eyes when they dive and hunt underwater for food. They do not need to see underwater, as they use the electroreceptors in their bills to detect living organisms underwater.
Can platypuses close their eyes?
Yes. Platypuses close their eyes when they dive and hunt underwater for food. they do not need to see underwater, as they use the electroreceptors in their bills to detect living organisms underwater.
Do platypuses get lost in the water?
Of course not. They are designed for underwater swimming.
Do platypuses have eyelids?
Yes, platypuses do have eyelids. They close their eyes when underwater, hunting by using the special sense of electroreception in their bill.
How do platypuses respond to people?
Platypuses are shy animals which avoid contact with humans as much as possible. When humans approach, they will either disappear into their burrows, or hide underwater. When motionless and avoiding people, platypuses can remain underwater without resurfacing for up to eight minutes.
What platypuses do when resting underwater?
Platypuses do not "rest" underwater. Like all mammals, they are air-breathing creatures. They may remain motionless, holding their breath for several minutes, if danger threatens. Platypuses shelter and rest in burrows they dig above the waterline of creeks and rivers.
Can platypuses hear?
Yes: when not submerged underwater, the platypus has acute hearing.
Why don't platypuses get lice?
Because the lice would drown on there fur underwater .
How do platypuses respirate?
Platypuses are mammals, so they use the same type of respiratory system as other mammals - mouth, nose and lungs. They do not breathe underwater.
What does a platypus see?
Platypuses see soil, rocks, bushland, riverbanks, each other - whatever happens to be in their environment. However, they do not see anything underwater as they close their eyes when swimming, relying on their sense of electroreception to find food.
Is a platypus semi-aquatic?
Platypuses are indeed semi-aquatic. Platypuses live and shelter in burrows dug into dry land, but they need to hunt for their food in freshwater creeks and rivers. Platypuses cannot breathe underwater.
Can platypuses stay underwater for up to fifteen minutes?
No. Platypuses are air-breathing mammals, which use their lungs to breathe. Most times, they stay underwater for just one to two minutes. However, if a predator threatens, the platypus is able to stay underwater, motionless, for up to eight minutes, holding its breath.
