Platypus are solitary animals that only come together to mate, although several individuals may be found living in the same section of habitat. Generally they leave their burrows around dusk, forage all night and return around dawn but some animals can also be active in the early morning or evening. We found this one in the shallow waters where it dived in and out to catch its food then disappeared into it's burrow which are oval-shaped about 3 to 8 m long that they dig into earth banks around rivers.