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A male platypus can grow to 50-60 cm in length, whilst the female is smaller, averaging 40-50 cm in length. They are very lightly built creatures, with females weighing as little as 900 grams, and males 1700 grams to 2kg.

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When it first hatches, a platypus is about the size of a bean.

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