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Yes. The platypus needs sharp claws to dig a burrow in a riverbank for its home. The claws have retractable membranes between them. These membranes extend when the platypus is swimming and retract when they are on land.

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Yes - a platypus needs claws with which to dig burrows in riverbanks. the claws are equipped with a membrane that retracts during digging, but spreads out between the platypus's toes when it swims, to give it webbing, rather like ducks' feet.

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No. Only birds have wings, and the platypus is not a bird, but a mammal.

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No. The platypus is an aquatic mammal, and a monotreme, and the only mammal that is capable of independent flight is the bat.

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The platypus is an aquatic mammal, and a monotreme, and the only mammal that is capable of free flight is the bat.

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No, they have fur. Platypuses are mammals.

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Platypuses do not have "arms": they have forelimbs.

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No. Platypuses do not have flippers. They have webbed feet, with webbing that retracts to expose sharp claws, with which they dig their burrows.

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Yes. The platypus has four limbs as it is a semi-aquatic mammal which shelters on land.

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