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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.
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What insect or mammal does not give birth to young alive?
A Platypus!
Does the mother Platypus lay eggs or does she give birth to live young?
The mother platypus lays eggs.She does not give birth to the young.Perry The Platopuss was born from a egg.
What mammals give birth to their young alive?
All mammals give birth to live young, except those in the Monotreme order (echidnas and platypus), which lay eggs.
Do all mammals give birth to their young ones alive?
All except the platypus and the echidna.
Do ponies give birth to eggs?
No! Ponies are mammals. All mammals except the echidna and duck-billed platypus give birth to live young.
Does an elephant lay eggs?
Elephants are mammals.All mammals give birth except platypus so Elephants give birth to young alive.
Is a platypus a marsupail?
No. All marsupials have pouched they carry their young in called marsupium. Duck billed platypus lay eggs and do not have pouches or give birth to live young like marsupials
What mammals give birth to live young?
All mammals have live birth except the echidna and the platypus, both of which lay eggs.
What characteristics do the brown bear and platypus and lion share?
The bear, the lion and the house cat all give birth to live young, whereas the platypus lays eggs. Besides the platypus, they all belong to Carnivora, have teeth and are not semi-aquatic.
Does a spiny anteater live on land and give birth to young alive?
The spiny anteater, or echidna, lives on land. it does not give birth to live young, but lays eggs in order to reproduce. It is a monotreme, like the platypus.
Do vertabrates give birth to live young?
A vertebrae is a life form with a spine. Humans are vertebraes as are all mammals, monotremes and amphibians..however not all of these give birth to live young, monotremes are mammals that lay eggs (there are only 2, platypus and echidna)...except for these, all other mammals give birth to live young. Some amphibians give birth to live young, but amphibians mostly lay eggs.
Does every mammal give birth to live young?
All mammals on earth give birth to their young instead of laying eggs. however the Duck-billed platypus from Australia is the only exeption to this, as it is the only mammal on earth that lays eggs instead of giving birth.
