Platypi
Everything you could ever want to know about platypi, all in one place.
 
 
What is a platypus?...
The "duck billed" platypus is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal native to Tasmania and southern and eastern Australia. The animal has a bill that resembles a duck bill but is actually an elongated snout covered with soft, moist, leathery skin and sensitive nerve endings. The bill is used for detecting prey and stirring up mud at the bottom of rivers to uncover the insects, worms, and shellfish on which the platypus feeds. The tail is flattened, and the feet are webbed.
 
The platypus has keen senses of sight and hearing. They are nocturnal, and are they excellent swimmers and divers. They live in long, winding burrows in the banks of rivers or streams. The female lays usually two but sometimes as many as four eggs in a clutch.
 
 
 
Platypus Books
 
Swim, Little Wombat, Swim
 
A Platypus, Probably
 
Platypus
 
Platypus!
 
 
 
 
 
The Platypus - What is it?
 
 
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Explorer Destroyer
 
 
 
About Platypi
Kingdom
Animalia
 
Phylum
Chordata
 
Subphylum
Vertebrata
 
Class
Mammalia
 
Order
Monotremata
 
Family
Ornithorhynchidae
 
Genus
Ornithorhynchus
 
Species
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
 
Related Pages
 
Platypus Photos and Graphics
 
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Other cool stuff
 
Far Side Cartoon about Platypi
 
 
 
 
 
Platypus coloring page (pdf)
 
 
 
 
 
 
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