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Platypus (Predator (cat, iguana, dog, water rats, Fox, python, large birds…
Platypus
Habitat
Across the continent of their natural habitat, the platypus mostly lives in freshwater lakes, rivers, lagoons, farm dams, and streams.
Most platypuses are found in bodies of water that have earth banks with roots, overhanging vegetation, reeds, and logs to be more suitable for constructing their burrows.
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Predator
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Diet
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As discussed on the Adaptation section, the Platypus uses Electroreception to find its prey. It can stick its bill into the sand and sense another creature. A Platypus also utilizes large pouches in the cheeks to store food, then return to the surface to consume it.
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A Platypus is a carnivore. Its diet consists mainly of shrimp, crayfish, shellfish, insect larvae and worms.
the average platypus eat 20% of it's body weight every day. That is like a 150 pound human eating 30 pounds of food every single day!
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