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The Duck-billed Platypus
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By: Hayden Manor

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Animal Facts
Description
The Platypus is brown but its bill is gray. It is about 16 to 22 inches including tail about 5 to 4 inches. It weights about 5 pounds. It has thick brown fur. The male Platypus has hollow spurs behind each ankle. The spurs are connected to poison glands.
Diet
A Platypus is a carnivore because it eats insects, shrimp tadpoles, fish eggs, frogs and small fish. The Platypus does not have teeth. They chew gravel to break down their food.
Movement
The Platypus has webbed feet and a broad flat tail so it can swim. The Platypus has claws on its front feet and hind legs. The webs can be extended beyond the claws. The Platypus folds these webs against the palms when walking on land or digging.
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3. Habitat
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The Platypus lives in burrows that they dig on the banks of streams. The burrows are in Australia and they are about 85 feet long. It adapts by having webbed feet and being able to swim.
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4. Life Cycle
The platypus is born in a egg it takes 8 to12 weeks to hatch. There are 1 to 3 eggs. When it does hatch it has no fur it is 2.5 centimeters. They stay with there mom for 4 or 5 mouths.
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The Platypus is brown and there bill is gray. But the male Platypus has hollow spurs behind each ankle and they are connected to poison glands. They live in the wild for about 12 years.
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5. Animal Interactions
The Platypus uses its spurs for defense. Its predators are snakes, water rats, hawks, eagles and some times crocodiles.
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A Platypus uses its spurs for defense.
The Platypus has a lot of predators including the hawk.
When it is finding a mate a male Platypus and it does not like that mate it will get its spurs all big and that will tell the mate it does not like them.
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6. Interesting Facts
Under Water They can stay under water for 30 seconds.
Death A Platypus spurs can kill a dog.
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Feeling They can not see or hear that well but there bill can help by feeling.
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