No. A female platypus only reaches reproductive age at about two years old.
Yes. When baby platypuses hatch, they are completely hairless.
A baby platypus is hatched in a chamber at the end of the mother platypus's burrow, which is dug into the side of a riverbank.
baby platypus nurse for approx three to four months
It lays eggs.
Platypuses are not born; they are hatched. The female lays between one and three eggs each breeding season.
No. When a baby platypus hatches, it is the size of a bean, blind and completely helpless.
A baby platypus stays in the chamber of its mother's burrow for about six weeks.
They give birth to live babies, but the platypus lays eggs.
They give birth to live babies, but the platypus lays eggs.
They give birth to live babies, but the platypus lays eggs.
They give birth to live babies, but the platypus lays eggs.
A baby platypus is called a PUGGLE