Further information can be found at the Healesville Sanctuary web site

The duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus Anatinus) lives in rivers on the eastern side of Australia.

The duck-billed platypus lays eggs and suckles its young.

The duck-billed platypus lives in burrows and finds food in the rivers using electrical impulses.

The male duck-billed platypus has a poisonous spur on his hind legs.

The duck-billed platypus grows to about 50cm and can live for up to 12 years in captivity.

This site has photographs, drawings, poems, stories, facts, references, links to other sites, and a variety of other information about the duck-billed platypus.
 
 
Updated - 5th March 2008
 
For reference purposes the author of this site is George Agnew