Can the platypus animal fly

Answer 1

Yes. The platypus needs sharp claws to dig a burrow in a riverbank for its home. The claws have retractable membranes between them. These membranes extend when the platypus is swimming and retract when they are on land.

Answer 2

Yes - a platypus needs claws with which to dig burrows in riverbanks. the claws are equipped with a membrane that retracts during digging, but spreads out between the platypus's toes when it swims, to give it webbing, rather like ducks' feet.

Answer 3

No. Only birds have wings, and the platypus is not a bird, but a mammal.

Answer 4

No. The platypus is an aquatic mammal, and a monotreme, and the only mammal that is capable of independent flight is the bat.

Answer 5

No.

The platypus is an aquatic mammal, and a monotreme, and the only mammal that is capable of free flight is the bat.

Answer 6

No, they have fur. Platypuses are mammals.

Answer 7

Platypuses do not have "arms": they have forelimbs.

Answer 8

No. Platypuses do not have flippers. They have webbed feet, with webbing that retracts to expose sharp claws, with which they dig their burrows.

Answer 9

Yes. The platypus has four limbs as it is a semi-aquatic mammal which shelters on land.