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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.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y agoYes. Platypuses are one of just three species of monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. The short-beaked echidna and long-beaked echidna are the other species.
Monotremes lay soft-shelled, leathery eggs.
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∙ 14y agoYes, females platypuses lay between one and three eggs at a time. They are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
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∙ 13y agoAll female platypuses of reproductive age lay eggs.
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∙ 13y agoThere is only one species of platypus. All female platypuses of reproductive age lay eggs.
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∙ 12y agoA female platypus lays eggs in order to reproduce. Platypuses are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, and one of just two types of monotremes. The other is the echidna.
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∙ 9y agoThe platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) does lay eggs.
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∙ 12y agoYes
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Even though a platypus is a mammal, they do in fact lay eggs.
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What are Platypus children?
Platypus lay eggs.
Does marlins lay eggs?
Marlin and Platypus lay eggs
What animals have hair and lay eggs?
Platypus and echidnas.
How does the platypus lay eggs?
a group of platypus is called a 'businesss'
Does a male platypus lay eggs?
No; only the female can lay eggs, as with all vertebrate species which lay eggs. The female platypus lays the egg and incubates it. The male has nothing to do with the young.
Platypus can lay egg?
Yes. Platypuses lay eggs.
Do mammals eggs?
'Monotremes' lay eggs, - they are the 'platypus' and the 'echidna'.
Do white rhinos lay eggs?
No. Rabbits do not lay eggs. They are placental mammals. The only mammals which lay eggs are the monotremes, which include the platypus and the echidna.
What have hair and lay eggs?
Platypus and echidnas.
Have hair but lay eggs?
Easy, the platypus.
Does a platypus lay amniotic eggs?
Yes.
Does a platypus lay eggs or live young?
A platypus reproduces by laying eggs. Like the echidna, it is a monotreme.
