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Are platypus eggs soft or hard?
Platypus eggs are soft and leathery, rather than hard-shelled.
Does it takes more than two weeks for platypus eggs to hatch?
false because they hatch only 10 days
What do you call more than one platypus?
More than one platypus is two or more platypuses. The plural is not 'platypi'.
What animals smaller than a platypus does it like to eat?
Pythons and goannas eat platypus eggs. The female platypus will actually place earthen plugs along the length of her burrow before the chamber which holds the eggs, in order to deter such predators.
Do platypus lay eggs?
A platypus is a mammal that lays eggs in order to reproduce - a monotreme. It is one of only two mammals known to do so, the other being the echidna. The eggs are soft-shelled and leathery, rather than hard-shelled like birds' eggs.
Are platypus eggs edible?
No. The platypus does not eat plants. Platypuses are carnivores. They are predators; they eat small water animals such as aquatic insect larvae of caddisflies, mayflies and two-winged flies, fresh water shrimp, annelid worms, yabbies and crayfish. Sometimes, some aquatic plants are accidentally ingested with the invertebrates collected by the platypus. These do not constitute part of the platypus's diet.
Do platypuses lay hard eggs or soft eggs?
Yes; platypuses lay soft, leathery eggs rather than hard-shelled eggs.
Are mammals born in eggs?
Most mammals are not hatched from eggs. Only the monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, reproduce by external eggs. Monotremes include just the platypus, the long-beaked echidna and the short-beaked echidna.
What three MAMMLES lay eggs?
The three types of mammals that lay eggs are monotremes, which include the platypus and the echidna. Monotremes are unique among mammals as they reproduce by laying eggs rather than giving live birth. These mammals possess a cloaca, a single opening for excretion and reproduction, similar to reptiles and birds. The platypus is known for its duck-bill and webbed feet, while echidnas have spiny coats and are often called spiny anteaters.
Do cockatiels lay more than 2 eggs?
Sometimes. They can lay between one and three eggs.
What is the other Australian marsupial other than the platypus that lays eggs?
The platypus is not a marsupial: it is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal. Marsupials give birth to live young, and do not lay eggs. The other monotreme, or egg-laying mammal, is the echidna.
Does a platypus have rights?
The way political correctnes goes these days, platypus probably have more rights than you do
