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PLATYPUS HOW DOES PLATYPUS LOOKS LIKE ?

WHAT TO LEARN
The platypus is a duck-billed, beaver-tailed, Highlights
otter-footed, egg-laying aquatic creature native to
Australia. If its appearance alone somehow fails to Texture
impress, they have a paddle-shaped tail like
a beaver; a sleek, furry body like an otter; Background
and a flat bill and webbed feet like a duck.
CAN YOU HAVE A PLATYPUS AS A PET ?
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No, assuming that you want it for a pet, it is illegal Color Saturation
to have a platypus as a pet, and It would die very
quickly as platypuses highly sensitive to ecological
changes. Platypuses are native Australian animals,
and therefore protected by law.
WHAT PLATYPUS EATS ?
The platypus is a carnivore: it feeds on worms,
insect larvae, freshwater shrimp, and freshwater
yabby (crayfish) that it digs out of the riverbed
with its snout or catches while swimming.
WHERE DO PLATYPUS LIVE ?
Platypuses live in only one, small area of
the world. These creatures make their homes
in the freshwater areas that flow throughout
the island of Tasmania and the eastern
and southeastern coast of Australia.
While they are in the water a lot,
they will also waddle onto the riverbanks
to dig burrows with their claws.
CAN YOU EAT A PLATYPUS?
NO! The Platypus is poisonous so don't even try.
Up until the 20th century it was hunted for it's fur,
but it is now a protected species

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