Are platypuses important to the ecosystems they live in?

Yes, it is. Be it a Platypus or a Koala, every organism of it's respective niche on this Earth is important to the ecosystem. Their existence is the reason why there is ecological balance & stable biodiversity. read more

Be it a Platypus or a Koala, every organism of it's respective niche on this Earth is important to the ecosystem. Their existence is the reason why there is ecological balance & stable biodiversity. read more

A platypus's ecosystem is freshwater rivers and creeks. Platypuses live along the eastern coast of Australia in heavily wooded and protected regions, from the cooler areas in the south and the Tasmanian highlands to tropical far north Queensland. They live in burrows that they dig on the banks of streams, rivers and lakes. read more

Inhabiting temperate, tropical, terrestrial, and freshwater, the platypus usually lives in streams that are no more than five meters deep, but sometimes they can be discovered in rivers up to 1,000 meters deep. read more