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The Platypus
 * Oct 8 2013 by Lincoln jung

Ornithorhynchus anatinus



This is a baby platapus no fur and smaller than a human hand

The platypus is a living thing because

A) Grow and develop After birth the platypus’s mother will stay withthe baby platypus for a couple of months. A platypus gets to adulthood in two years. a platapus is 38 cm long and 13 cm tall and weighs 1.4 kg

B) reproducestion A platypus stays in its mother as egg for two weeks then it is laid and takes about a month for the egg to hatch while the mother is wrapt around the egg. a platpus lay one to three eggs. platypus egg

C) Reactions to Enviroment Around It platypus have venomous they have spurs behind its ancle. this spur is used to battle other platyapus for the mating proses

the platapus meets its need in the following ways

a platypus dose not have teeth so it eats it with a rough pach of skin in its mouth platyapus catching food media type="custom" key="24194838" || ||||~  ||
 * nutrients and energy || platapuses eat insect larva' shell fish and worms
 * water || a platapus will get water at night time. ||
 * air || a platapus can hold stay under water for two to three minites ||
 * habitat and shelter || Platypuses live on the east side of Australia. A platapus makes a burow with its bill for shelther

[|Blumenbach], 1800 || platypus food chain
 * ~ [|Scientific classification] ||
 * = Kingdom: ||= [|Animalia] ||
 * = Phylum: ||= [|Chordata] ||
 * = Class: ||= [|Mammalia] ||
 * = Order: ||= [|Monotremata] ||
 * = Family: ||= [|Ornithorhynchidae] ||
 * = Genus: ||= //**Ornithorhynchus**//
 * = Species: ||= //**O. anatinus**// ||