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.
Platypuses cannot breathe underwater, just like mammals and dolphins can't. They tend to stay underwater for one to two minutes at a time, and can stay underwater as long as ten minutes, if left undisturbed.
Platypuses can hold their breath for a maximum of 1-2 minutes at a time during normal dives, 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.
three to five minutes
Yes, penguins can stay underwater for ten minutes. They have been known to stay underwater for up to thirty minutes at a time, up to depths of 1300 feet.
A penguin can stay underwater for about 15 minutes and can go to a depth of 1700 feet.
Adult gray whales can stay underwater for approximately 10 - 15 minutes.
They have incredible lungs.
40 minutes
No but they go up to the surface every 30 minutes.
When actively diving and hunting for food, platypuses can hold their breath for around two minutes. When they are not active, but are perhaps trying to stay unnoticed by predators, they are able to hold their breath for up to eight minutes.
Otters are able to stay underwater for up to 8 minutes.
sperm whales can stay underwater for 90 minutes