Platypuses are indeed semi-aquatic. Platypuses live and shelter in burrows dug into dry land, but they need to hunt for their food in freshwater creeks and rivers. Platypuses cannot breathe underwater.
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No. A platypus is a mammal which lays eggs. It is semiaquatic, and found in eastern Australia, including the island state of Tasmania. It has a flat tail, feet with sharp claws and retractable webbing, and a snout that resembles a duck's bill. It is sometimes call the duckbilled platypus, but not within Australia.The reason the platypus may be mistaken for a bird is that it is one of only three species of egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. It is a mammal because it has fur, and because it feeds its young on mothers' milk.
Yes, almost all semiaquatic frogs are carnivores.
a platypus's bill is a bill that is on a platypus
a platypus's bill is a bill that is on a platypus
African Rock Peyton
Ornithorhynchus anatinusThe original name was Platypus anatinus, from Greek and Latin words meaning "flat-footed, duck-like". After realising that the name "platypus" had already be given to a group of beetles, the scientist involved assigned the platypus the scientific name of Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the first word of which means "bird-like snout".
A Platypus is not a primate.
No. The platypus is not a hoarder.
The platypus should not be called anything else. It is just a platypus. It is not a duckbilled platypus, or any other such misnomer.
Seals are semiaquatic as they spend some of their lives on land and some of their lives in water.
Most amphibians are semiaquatic, spending part of their lives in water and part on land.