WHAT DO PLATYPUSES EAT?

 A platypus will usually spend the majority of its time searching for food and it eats nearly 30% of its body weight, every day. Being a carnivore its diet consists of crabs, insects, worms and fish. Since they are bottom feeders, they like hunting mostly at night in dark, remote places. 

 A platypus searches its food in the mud and underwater by shutting his nostrils and eyes. They can hold there breath for up to 40 seconds before they must come up to the surface to breathe. Just like camels in their humps, their can store food in large pouches on their cheeks, which is consumed when they return to the surface. It also feeds on shrimps and it hunts by digging into the water for occasional insects and worms. They come to the surface for a few seconds to chew and then they submerge again. They are carnivores but with no teeth as their mouth is equipped with grinding pads, so they can swallow food safely without injury to themselves.