Introduction

The platypus’s body consists of a fur all around its body with a bill and a thick tail. It has web feet that they utilise to steer with the beaver tail.

Male and female platypuses are born with spurs that can inject venom. The venom has said to cause nausea, swelling and excruciating whole-body pain that lasts for weeks.
The platypus’s diet consists of insect larvae, freshwater shrimps and crayfish. To catch food it swims around and relies on its sensitive bill to hunt around dawn and dusk. The platypus closes its eyes and ears, so the receptors in its bill can detect electrical currents in water and
Platypus’s homes are around freshwater creeks, low moving rivers and lakes that are joined with rivers. The majority of the time that the platypus spends is in its burrow, which is located in the bank of a river, creek, or pond. The individuals occasionally burrow under the roots of nearby vegetation or use rocky crevices and stream debris as homes.
Abiotic things in their habitat include. sunlight, sand, dirt, rocks
Biotic within the platypus's habitat include Plants, pathogens and insect diseases
The platypus can be found on the outer sides of Melbourne, new south wales and queensland. They are also located In Tasmania. The population of the platypus is around 300,00 as of June 2022.

this graph shows where the platypus can be found

The platypus is an apex consumer in the food chain. The habitat the platypus lives in is maintained by the platypus since it’s a keystone specie and they control the population of macro-inverebrates
this picture display the food chain where the platypus is the apex predator