Platypuses spend most of their waking hours diving in and out of the water in order to eat the equivalent of their weight in food. Diving is a necessary part of their life. Platypuses have been recorded making up to 1600 dives in their daily search for food, averaging 75 dives per hour.
Like many semi-aquatic mammals, the platypus has a streamlined body. This enables the platypus to swim and dive faster.
Like many semi-aquatic mammals, the platypus has a streamlined body. This enables the platypus to swim and dive faster.
No; but the platypus does dive into water.
Yes. Like many semi-aquatic mammals, the platypus has a streamlined body. This enables the platypus to swim and dive faster.
Yes, a platypus dives. A platypus will make hundreds of dives every day to search for food. When actively seeking food, it can only stay underwater for one to two minutes, so it needs to frequently resurface in order to breathe.
Platypuses have been measured diving to a depth of 8.77m, which is the equivalent of over 28 feet.
Yes, but only for brief moments. It will surface within 20 - 30 seconds. So it's not survive, rather a quick dive, much like us.
The platypus has fur, not feathers.
The platypus has two lungs, like all mammals do.
The platypus, like all animals, is in the kingdom Animalia.
The platypus, like all mammals, is in the sub-phylum "vertebrata".
Like so: "The platypus's natural environment is a pleasant one".