What is the climate for the platypus?

Answer 1

They can be found in both reasonably high altitude tropical streams and also in streams in the more temperate zones. I have seen them in streams at Beechworth Victoria (cold) and in creeks at Eungella near Mackay (temperate). They seem to be fairly capable of coping with Australia's varying water temperatures from as cool as around 10C up to around 40C.

Platypuses live throughout eastern coastal Australia and its island state of Tasmania, particularly within heavily wooded and protected regions. They are found from the cooler sub-alpine areas in the south, such as Victoria and the Tasmanian highlands, north through New South Wales to tropical far north Queensland. Platypuses live in bushland as well as tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rain forests.

Answer 2

Most weather does not affect a platypus at all. Platypuses are unaffected by heatwaves, cold spells, storms or rain.

However, if any of these weather conditions are extreme, then the platypus can be affected. Storms and cyclones or monsoonal, flooding rains, can cause their burrows to be flooded. If young platypuses are still in the chamber, they can be washed out and drowned.

Answer 3

Platypuses have no preference for any particular weather type. As long as their river or creek is full of food, and they have a dry burrow above the waterline, their needs are met. Platypuses are found in a variety of temperatures and climates, from the cooler sub-alpine areas in the south, such as Victoria and the Tasmanian highlands, north through New South Wales to tropical far north Queensland. They can survive extremes of heat that occur in Victorian summers as well as the cold winters. Platypuses live in bushland as well as tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests.

Weather extremes are not favoured.

Monsoonal weather is not ideal for platypuses, as the rivers and creeks can flood, washing them from their burrows, and certainly washing away baby platypuses. Similarly, extreme dry weather and prolonged drought causes their food source to dry up.

Answer 4

Platypuses live in a range of climates. They live throughout eastern coastal Australia and its island state of Tasmania, particularly within heavily wooded and protected regions. They are found from the cooler sub-alpine areas in the south, such as Victoria and the Tasmanian highlands, north through New South Wales to tropical far north Queensland. Platypuses live in bushland as well as tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rain forests.

Answer 5

As platypuses can live in a range of climates and habitats, the weather varies. They are found from the cooler sub-alpine areas in the south, such as Victoria and the Tasmanian highlands, north through New South Wales to tropical far north Queensland. Platypuses live in bushland as well as tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rainforests. Therefore, the weather can range between ht and dry, hot and humid, cool and dry or cool and moist - as long as there is a freshwater creek or river which can support its hunting needs.

Answer 6

Platypuses live in a range of climates, so weather can range from hot and dry in the southere summer to humid and wet in the north. They are found throughout eastern coastal Australia and its island state of Tasmania, particularly within heavily wooded and protected regions, from the cooler sub-alpine areas in the south and the Tasmanian highlands to tropical far north Queensland.

Answer 7

The temperature of a platypus's habitat can vary tremendously. Platypuses can live in temperatures that drop to below 0 degrees Celsius in Tasmania in winter, or reach in excess of 35 degrees Celsius during the Summer. The reason platypuses can tolerate such a wide range of air temperatures is that both the water temperature and that of their burrows tends to remain a constant 18-20 degrees Celsius.

Platypuses are found from the cooler sub-alpine areas in the south, such as Victoria and the Tasmanian highlands, north through New South Wales to tropical far north Queensland.