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A platypus swims by paddling with its four feet, and using its thick tail as a rudder. It has retractable webbing on its feet to assist it with speed and for hundreds of dives it must make daily in order to find food. It closes its eyes and ears as it swims, and locates food by electroreceptors in its bill as it forages around on the river or creek floor.
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Do platypuses breed in water or land?
Platypuses breed on land. They only hunt for food in the water.
Where do platypuses mate?
Platypuses mate on land, not in the water.
Where do platypuses breed?
Platypuses breed on land. They do not mate in the water.
Can platypuses come on to land?
Yes - platypuses live on land. They only hunt in water. Platypuses dig burrows in the riverbank or creek bank near which they do their hunting.
What land food do platypuses eat?
Platypuses do not eat land food. They feed entirely off crustaceans and small water creatures.
Are platypuses fast on land?
No. Platypuses do not walk particularly fast on land.
Does land move water?
No, because only water can move land not land can move water.
What do platypuses do when they don't have sufficient food and water?
Sometimes, during drought seasons, the water level in a platypus's river or creek will get too low to sustain enough food for the platypus to survive. When this happens, the platypus must move to a new waterway. Platypuses do not move quickly over land, and they can become dehydrated, dying before they reach a new creek or river. Some do survive the move.
Do platypuses live in water or on land?
Although platypuses are regarded as semi-aquatic, they actually live on dry land. Platypuses shelter in burrows dug in riverbanks, but these burrows are quite dry, above the water line. They are dependent on water for their food, and they spend most of their waking hours diving for invertebrates and tiny crustaceans at the bottom of creeks and rivers.
When a platypus walks is it easy to walk on land?
Yes. Platypuses spend equal amounts of time on land and in water. Platypuses have four legs which they use to walk. Although they have webbed feet, the webbing is retractable, so it does not impede them from walking when they are on land. They live on land, but they hunt n water, so they are well adapted for life both on land and in water.
Can platypuses live in the water?
Platypuses must live on land (in burrows) but they hunt for food in the water. They are air-breathing mammals, but unlike whales and dolphins, they do not have a blowhole, so they cannot spend all of their time in water,
Do platypuses sleep on land or under water?
Platypuses sleep in burrows that are accessible from the banks of the creeks that they live near and in. These burrows can be from about 20 to 100 feet in length.
