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Could a platypus give a live birth?

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Jaki23

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

No.

Platypuses are one of two known monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. The platypus and the echidna, of which there are two species, are the only known egg-laying mammals.

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