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Where is a platypus in a food web? - Answers Platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal (it finds its food in water but it lives on land) found in Eastern Australia Specifically, the platypus is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal
How much food does the platypus eat? - Answers The platypus most of its time searching for food as it must eat about 20% of its own weight in food each day, while a lactating female must eat the equivalent of its own weight daily to meet its
Does a platypus nurse its young? - Answers Yes, but a young platypus feeds differently to either marsupials or placental mammals The mother has large glands under the skin from which she secretes the milk The milk ends up on the mother's
What temperature does a platypus live in? - Answers The temperature where a platypus lives varies tremendously, as platypuses are found right along the length of the Great Dividing Range in eastern Australia Platypuses can live in temperatures
What other animals are related to the platypus? - Answers The platypus is quite unique and is not closely related to any other animal It belongs to the order monotremata, as does the echidna (sometimes known as the spiny anteater), which is its only
Is a platypus a bird? - Answers 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
What is the function of the bill in a Platypus? - Answers The platypus and echidna are both found in Australia, and they are both egg-laying mammals Some may consider that the platypus has a bill like a duck, but the term "duck-billed platypus" is a
Does a platypus live on land or in water? - Answers Platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal (it finds its food in water but it lives on land) found in Eastern Australia Specifically, the platypus is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal
To what order do platypuses belong? - Answers The platypus is a monotreme, and of the order monotremata Together with the short-beaked and long-beaked echidna, the platypus is one of the few egg-laying mammals in the world