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Platypuses breathe air. All mammals, including marine mammals such as whales and dolphins, must breathe air.
Platypuses usually hold their breath for one to two minutes while they hunt and feed underwater, and they are capable of staying underwater for up to eight minutes if undisturbed. They must make hundreds of dives every day in order to find enough food, as they cannot live or breathe underwater.

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