The water is beginning to be really chilly at dawn and at dusk when I go out hunting. Luckily my platypus fur is waterproof. It traps a layer of air next to my skin, just like a surfer’s wetsuit, so I don’t get cold.
Of course, not all of me is covered in warm fur. The underside of my tail only has a little fur and my bill and feet don’t have any at all. But my platypus body just sends less blood to my bill and tail and back feet in cold water. That stops me from getting so cold. My front feet, with the big
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webs between the toes, keep working the same as normal. I need them for pulling me through the water when I’m swimming.
I spend as much time as I can hunting for food now. My tail is getting bigger everyday because that’s where my body stores all the extra fat. I live off that fat in the cold weather when there isn’t much food around.
I keep warm in my burrow by curling up and covering myself with my tail. I’m sleeping in a different part of the bank now. I don’t need the big family burrow any more and I’ve been scared of my old burrow since those noisy men with hard hats and notices put a hole in it. |
