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How do baby platypuses get their food when they are young?
Baby platypuses initially feed exclusively on mothers' milk. The mother platypus does not have teats for the baby platypuses to latch onto, but instead secretes milk through grooves on either side of her abdomen. The young platypuses suck up this milk. As they get older, they are shown by the mother platypus how to find food in rivers and creeks.
Do baby platypuses drink their mother's milk?
Yes. Platypuses are mammals, and all female mammals - platypuses included - suckle their young on mother's milk. The only difference is that female platypuses do not have teats. The young must scoop up the milk which exudes into grooves in the mother's abdomen.
How do baby platypuses find their food?
Baby platypuses initially feed exclusively on mothers' milk. As they get older, they are shown by the mother platypus how to find food in rivers and creeks.
How can a baby platypus nurse?
Platypuses do feed their young on mothers' milk, but the young do not suckle from teats. The mother platypus secretes milk from glands on her abdomen, which the young platypus drinks, but she does not develop teats.
What do baby platypuses eat?
Being mammals, young platypuses feed on mothers' milk until they are old enough to learn to dive and forage for food in rivers and creeks.
Are baby platypus shy?
Baby platypuses are very shy, as are the adult platypuses.
Which animal baby needs milk?
Any mammal baby needs milk. They must be warm blooded and be born from their mother. Platypuses babies come from eggs but they drink milk. They're classified as mammals but they have many reptilian features as well.
How much do baby platypuses weigh?
When first hatched, baby platypuses weigh less than a gram.
What do mother platypuses feed their young?
Platypuses are mammals: therefore, mother platypuses, like all mammals, feed their young on mothers' milk.
How long do platypuses remain with their mothers and feed on their milk?
Young platypuses remain with their mother, feeding on mothers' milk, for about four months (115-125 days).
How do baby platypuses find their food after being born?
After being hatched (not born), baby platypuses initially feed exclusively on mothers' milk. Like other mammals, they move by instinct, and lured by the smell, to the mother's abdomen, where they feed on milk that is secreted through modified sweat glands, rather than teats.As they get older, they are shown by the mother platypus how to find food in rivers and creeks.
What do newborn platypus eat?
Platypuses are mammals so, like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk.
