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The
only time that a Platypus feeds is when he is in the water. Once prey
is caught, the platypus stores it in a cheek pouch while he forages for
more food underwater. When the cheek pouches are full or the platypus
needs to breathe, he returns to the surface. There he chews his food with
the rough grinding pads, which he has in the jaws instead of teeth (young
platypus' have normal teeth; in adults the teeth are replaced by rough
grinding pads). In the lower jaw are serrations in the skin that are thought
to be involved in the sorting of chewed food particles.