platypus

1. platypus
By Ariane

2. Where do platypus live?
• Platypus live in Australia:
• Queensland
• New South Wales
• Victoria and
• Tasmania

3. Is it vertebrate or invertebrate?
• It is a vertebrate. It has a back bone.

4. Is it viviparous or oviparous?
• It is oviparous.

5. Body parts.

6. What does it eat?
• It is a Carnivore. Its diet consists of:
• Shrimp
• Crayfish
• Larvae and
• Worms

7. Interesting facts.
• Platypuses swim with their front feet and steer with their back feet.
• They can only stay under water for 30 to 140 seconds!
• Some people think that the platypus is a mix of a:
• Badger because of its tail and
• Duck because of its webbed feet and beak.