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A platypus lays eggs, and the eggs hatch into tiny baby platypuses. Platypuses are mammals, despite being egg-laying. Together with the echidna, they are the only monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoNo. Platypuses are monotremes, meaning they are egg-laying mammals. The only other egg-laying mammal is the echidna. A female platypus digs a nesting chamber at the end of her long burrow, where she incubates 1-3 eggs for approximately ten days, not leaving the chamber to eat or drink during that time, but living off the fat reserves in her tail.
Despite not giving live birth, platypuses are mammals in every other sense. They are warm-blooded vertebrates; they have fur; breathe using lungs; have a four-chambered heart and numerous other mammalian characteristics. Above all, they nurture their young on mothers' milk.
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∙ 15y agoPlatypuses do not give birth to live young. Together with echidnas, they are members of the monotreme family, a very small order of mammals which actually lay eggs.
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∙ 14y agoRather than giving birth to live young, the platypus actually lays eggs. It lays between one and three eggs, once a year.
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∙ 10y agoThe platypus lays eggs. It is one of just two monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, with the other being the echidna.
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∙ 12y agoPlatypuses are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. They reproduce by laying eggs, rather than giving birth to live young.
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∙ 7y agoNo.
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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∙ 11y agoNo. The platypus lays small, soft-shelled leathery eggs. It is a monotreme, which means an egg-laying mammal. The other monotreme is the echidna.
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∙ 11y agoThe platypus lays eggs.
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∙ 11y agoYES they give birth and do not lay EGG'S
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Can platypuses give birth?
No. Platypuses, like echidnas, are monotremes, meaning they are egg-laying mammals. Baby platypuses hatch from soft, leathery eggs.
Does a fox give birth to live young?
yes, they do because they are mammals and mammals give birth to live young except platypuses. They are mammals but they lay eggs instead.
Do platypuses reproduce by laying eggs?
Yes. Platypuses are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, so they do not give birth to live young. The only other monotreme is the echidna.
Do platypuses and spiny anteaters give birth to young alive?
No. Platypuses and spiny anteaters, more correctly known as echidnas, are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. The young are hatched, not born.
Do beavers and platypuses get along?
No, a beaver isn't related to a platypus. Even though they're both mammals, a beaver gives birth to live young while a platypus lays eggs.
Does mother pigs lay eggs or give birth to their baibies?
Pigs, like all mammals, give birth to live young. They do not lay eggs. (Platypuses are the only mammals that lay eggs.)
Does a rhinoceros lay eggs?
rhino babies are born in eggs because they are stupid
Does chimpanzees lay eggs or live birth?
Chimpanzees do not lay eggs. Chimpanzees are placental mammals, meaning they give birth to live young. The only egg-laying mammals (monotremes) are platypuses and echidnas.
Do warthogs lay eggs?
No. Warthogs are mammals and give birth to live young. The only mammals which lay eggs are platypuses and echidnas.
Where does a platypus give birth?
Platypuses do not give birth. Platypuses are one of only two types of mammals to lay eggs. Fertilised platypus eggs stay in the mother's body for around 28 days. The egg is incubated by the mother curling around it and keeping it warm and dry in the chamber of the platypus's burrow for another 10 days.
Does a platypus give birth to its young?
No. Platypuses do not give birth. Platypuses are one of only two types of mammals to lay eggs. Fertilised platypus eggs stay in the mother's body for around 28 days. The egg is incubated by the mother curling around it and keeping it warm and dry in the chamber of the burrow for another 10 days.
What do ponies do lay eggs or have babies?
Ponies have babies, not eggs. All mammals except for platypuses and echidnas give birth to live young.
