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Its bill is different in shape  to that of a duck, so even the term duck-billed platypus is a  misnomer. It has webbed feet, claws and a flat tail, and lives in  burrows in riverbanks.he platypus is uniquely adapted to live in a semi-aquatic environment. It has: Webbed feet with a retracting webbed membrane which c â¦ an expose the claws, enabling the platypus to effectively dig burrows.
The platypus is sometimes described as a living fossil because of this ancient lineage and its combination of mammalian and reptilian features. Aboriginal legend Return to Platypus Page. According to Aboriginal legend, the first platypus were born after a young female duck mated with a lonely and persuasive water-rat.The duck's offspring had their mother's bill and webbed feet and their father's four legs and handsome brown fur.he Fossil Record Return to Platypus Page. Based on a fragment of lower jaw found in opal deposits at Lightning Ridge in New South Wales, a type of ancestral platypus (Steropodon galmani) existed alongside the dinosaurs about 110 million years ago.