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Yes, but a young platypus feeds differently to either marsupials or placental mammals. The mother has large glands under the skin from which she secretes the milk. The milk ends up on the mother's fur, and it from this that the young platypus feeds. The milk still contains all the nutrients required for the young platypus, as it a couple of months before the baby is ready to hunt for food on the bottom of the river.
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∙ 14y agoYes; platypus young feed on mothers' milk which is secreted via glands through the platypus's fur, rather than teats. It then runs into grooves on the mother's abdomen, and the young platypuses drink from these grooves.
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∙ 12y agoYes: baby platypuses suckle from the female platypus. Platypuses are mammals, and like all mammals, they nurture their young on mothers' milk. Platypuses and echidnas (the only egg-laying mammals) do not have teats for the young to suckle, but instead the milk oozes from pores on the mother's abdomen and runs down grooves, for the young platypus to drink.
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∙ 14y agoYes. Platypuses are mammals (although unusual egg-laying mammals) and, like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk.
The platypus does not suckle its young quite like other mammals do. It does not have nipples, but it exudes milk from specialised sweat glands on its abdomen.
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∙ 11y agoYes, but a young platypus feeds differently to either marsupials or placental mammals. The mother has large glands under the skin from which she secretes the milk. The milk ends up on the mother's fur, and it from this that the young platypus feeds. The milk still contains all the nutrients required for the young platypus, as it a couple of months before the baby is ready to hunt for food on the bottom of the river.
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∙ 12y agoYes they nurse their young for about 3 months before the baby can swim and hunt on their own. they sweat it from glands under their skin.
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∙ 14y agoBaby platypuses feed on mothers' milk, but the mother does not have teats. Instead, she secretes her milk through glands on her underside, and the young platypus feeds on that.
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∙ 13y agoYes. Platypuses are mammals, and like all mammals, they nurture their young with mothers' milk.
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∙ 13y agoYes.
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What animals feeds its young duck platypus frog tiger?
Both the platypus and tiger are mammals and nurse their young. The platypus, however, also hatches its young from eggs (a monotreme). The tiger also hunts for food and shares it with her cubs.
How long do baby platypus nurse for?
baby platypus nurse for approx three to four months
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.
How is a platypus a mammal and not a reptile?
The Platypus is a Monotreme, or egg laying mammal. They nurse their young as do other mammals. Also they use echo location much in the same way dolphins (another mammal) do. Not all reptiles lay eggs either. Some snakes bear live young.
How long does an adult platypus stay with its young?
The young platypus stays with its mother for three to four months.
What mammal lays eggs but nurses their young?
Both the platypus and the echidna are mammals which lay eggs. They are mammals because they nurse their young on mothers' milk. These species of egg-laying mammals are known as monotremes.
What is a platypus called when it is 17 weeks old?
From the time a platypus is hatched, it is called a platypus. It makes no difference whether the platypus is a day old, 17 weeks old or a year old. It is still a platypus. There is no official name for a young platypus. Despite what many websites report, a young platypus is not called a puggle.
How does the platypus carry its young?
The platypus does not carry its young. The young platypuses remain in the chamber, deep in the mother's burrow, until they are ready to learn to hunt.
How do female mammals give birth?
Placental mammals such as humans , dogs, and cats deliver their young from the uterus through the vagina (birth canal). Marsupials do also, but the young are much less developed and have to crawl into the mother's pouch to nurse there until grown. The platypus and echidna lay eggs like birds and reptiles, but nurse the young in burrows after they hatch.
Did the albertosaurus nurse its young?
No. Although abertosaurus may have cared for its young it did not nurse them. Only mammals nurse their young.
When does a platypus feed on its own?
A young platypus starts to feed on its own after a couple of months.
Does the young of the platypus resemble the adult?
yes
