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Yes.
Platypuses are one of two types of mammals which lay eggs. Unlike the echidna, the other egg-laying mammal (or monotreme), the platypus does not develop a temporary pouch to incubate the eggs. However, the mother platypus prepares a chamber at the end of a burrow especially for the purpose of protecting the young. After she lays one to three eggs, which have already developed within her body for 28 days, she curls her body around the eggs to incubate them for another ten days.
After hatching, the mother platypus feeds her young on milk secreted from glands, rather than from teats. The young are blind, hairless and completely vulnerable. They are suckled by the mother for 3-4 months, during which time she only leaves them to forage for food. As she leaves the burrow, the mother platypus makes several thin plugs made of soil along the length of burrow; this helps to protect the young from predators which would enter the burrow during the mother's absence. When she returns, she pushes past these plugs, thereby forcing water from her fur and helping to keep the chamber dry.
The male platypus does not take any part in raising the young platypuses.
The female platypus cares for its young for several months until they are weaned. The young sometimes stay with the mother as a family group until the next breeding season.
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What is the name of the animal who is warm blooded and lay eggs and take care of their young?
That's a duck-billed platypus.
When the platypus is born do its parents take care of it?
Platypuses are not born; they are hatched, as the platypus is one of just two types of egg-laying mammals. The female platypus takes very good care of its young for several months until they are weaned. The young sometimes stay with the mother as a family group until the next breeding season.
Does the mother take care for the baby platypus?
Yes: the mother platypus is a dutiful creature, tending her young carefully in a chamber at the end of a burrow, ensuring they do not get wet after she has been swimming and hunting for food. The young feed from mothers' milk for several months, as platypuses are mammals.
How does amother platypus take care of her young?
She gathers food beforehand then wen it is born she feeds it milk untill it is old enough to find its own food.
How long does the mother take care of her babie?
The mother platypus feeds her babies on mothers' milk for about four months. The young then continue to stay with her for between 18 months and two years.
What are warm blooded and lay eggs and take care of their young?
The few mammals that lay eggs (the Platypus and the Echidna) are monotremes. They are warmblooded, produce milk and take care of their young. Most mammals are placental, give birth to live young, give milk and take care of their offspring.All mammals are warm blooded by definition. Although the earliest mammals probably laid eggs, the only ones that do today are the spiny anteaters (echidnas) and the platypus. The platypus cares for its young by digging a deep burrow where it builds a nest, and then incubating the eggs. After the eggs hatch, she nurses the babies for 3 to 4 months. After a female echidna lays an egg, she places it in her pouch. When the egg hatches, she carries the baby in her pouch and nurses it until it grows spines. Then she digs a burrow for it. She continues to nurse it until it is about 7 months old.
How does the praying mantis take care of its young?
they dont. young take care of themselves
How do hyenas take care of young?
how do hyenas care for their young
Did the bats take care of their young?
Yes, bats take care of their young. The young are all together in a 'nursery', where all mothers take care of their young. Each mother bat can recognise the cry of her young.
How does a mother platypus take care of her young?
she feeds it milk untill it is old enough to find its own foodandshe barley leavs it to find food for herself thats why she gathers food when she is pregnent
Does the desert camel take care of the young camel?
Yes, camels take care of their young.
How do bottlenose dolphines take care of there young from prey?
how do bottlenose dolphins take care of there young
