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Does a male platypus lay eggs?

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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.

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No. Only the female can lay eggs.

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Only female platypuses lay eggs.

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