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PLATIPUSES ARE NOT ENDANGERED BUT ARE DECRESING DUE TO HABITAT LOSS AND HUNTING. THEY ARE ALSO DIEING TO THE INTRDUCTION OF FOXES (RED) IN AUSTRAILIA.

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PLATYPUSES ARE ONE THE MOST MIXED ANIMAL IN THE WORLD IT IS BEAVER TAILED OTTER FOOTED DUCK BILLED THATS 3 ANIMALS! BUT THEY ARE SPECIAL THEY HAVE A "SIXTH SENSE" THE DUCK BILL HAS THE ABILITY TO SENSE PREY IN EVEN THE DARKEST MURKEST WATERS THIS IS CALLED: ELECTRORCEPTION IT ALLOWS THEM TO DETECT ANIMALS IN THE WATER.

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BABY PLATYPUSES ARE KNOWN AS INFANTS BUT ALSO AS PUGGLES WHEN BORN THEY ARE THE SIZE OF A LIMA BEAN THEY DRINK MILK WHICH THE MOTHER MUST SWEAT OUT THE MOTHER WILL STAY WITH THE BABIES TILL THEY ARE 3-4 MONTHS OLD THEN THE BABIES ARE ADULTS.

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BABY PLATYPUSES ARE KNOWN AS INFANTS BUT ALSO AS PUGGLES WHEN BORN THEY ARE THE SIZE OF A LIMA BEAN THEY DRINK MILK WHICH THE MOTHER MUST SWEAT OUT THE MOTHER WILL STAY WITH THE BABIES TILL THEY ARE 3-4 MONTHS OLD THEN THE BABIES ARE ADULTS.

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PLATYPUSES ARE NOT NATIVE TO THE US BUT TO AUSTRALIA THEY LIVE IN WETLANDS AND RIVERS BUT LOVE BRACKISH WATER WHERE FRESH AND SALT WATER MIX TOGETHER

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PLATYPUSES HAVE MANY PREDATORS SUCH AS: RED FOXES,HUMANS AND DOGS (GRANT AND TEMPLESMITHS) OTHERS ARE SNAKES,BIRDS OF PREY AND LARGE EELS. REST IN PEACE PLATYPUSES WE SALUTE YOU :(

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PLATYPUSES ARE DANGEROUS MALES HAVE LITTLE THORNS OR SPURS ON THE BACK OF THEIR HIND LEGS THAT HAVE POISON NOW THEY ARE REALLY NOT MUCH OF A THREAT TO HUMANS SINCE THEY CAN'T KILL THEM BUT THEIR POISON IS STRONG ENOUGH TO KILL A DOG TO A HUMAN YOU WILL GET SWELLING AND SEVERE PAIN AND MIGHT EVEN INCAPACITATE.

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PLATYPUSES CAN LIVE 17 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY WHILE IN THE WILD THEY CAN LIVE UP TO 20 YEARS. THEIR SCIENTIFIC NAME FOR THE PLATYPUS IS: ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS. THEY ARE CLASSIFIED AS CARIVOROUS THEIR DIET CONSISTS OF: INSECTS AND LARVAE WITH SHELLFISH,WORMS,YAMMIES,WATERBUS AND FISH BUT SOMETIMES THEY WILL EAT SMAL FROGS SOMETIMES. MALE PLATYPUSES WEIGH UP TO 2.2-5.3 LBS WHILE FEMALES WEIGH UP TO 1.5-3.5 LBS. THE LENGTH OF A MALE IS 2O INS (1 FT 8 INS) AND FEMALES ARE 17 INS (1 FT 5 ins)

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1. PLATYPUSES DONT HAVE STOMACHES! 2. THEIR BILL ACTS LIKE A 6TH SENSE! 3. THEY USED TO BE GIANTS! 4. MONOTREME MEANS "SINGLE HOLE" IN GREEK! 5. THEY NURSE WITHOUT NIPPLES! 6. THE MALES HAVE POISONESS SPURS! 7. THEY HAVE RETRACTABLE WEBBING AND 8. SCIENTISTS FIRST THOUGHT THE FIRST KNOWN PLATYPUS WAS A HOAX!