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platypus A Platypus' natural habbitat is in the water. Platypuses are carnivores. They are predators; they eat small water animals such as aquatic insect larvae of caddisflies, mayflies and two-winged flies, fresh water shrimp, annelid worms, yabbies and crayfish. During summer, they eat more than during winter, in order to build up reserves of fat. The platypus is found in eastern Australia. They live aside freshwater rivers or lakes, and create burrows for shelter and protection. A platypus is a living thing beacause it has the four characteristics, it reacts to other living things, it has orgins, it grows and develops, and it reproduces. The animal appears to be an unlikely mix of the bill and webbed feet of a duck, a beaver-like tail and the fur of an otter.they are the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth.A female Platypus usually lays between one and three eggs. She lays her eggs only about four weeks after mating.