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The newly hatched young are vulnerable, blind, and hairless, and are fed by the mother's milk. Although possessing mammary glands, the Platypus lacks teats. Instead, milk is released through pores in the skin. There are grooves on her abdomen that form pools of milk, allowing the young to lap it up.[3][33] After they hatch, the offspring are suckled for three to four months.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y agoPlatypuses are mammals, so they feed their young on mothers' milk.
Platypuses do not suckle their young quite like other mammals do. They do not have nipples, but exude milk from specialised sweat glands which run into grooves on their abdomen.
Later, when the young are ready to leave the burrow, the mother teaches them how to dive and hunt in water.
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∙ 12y agoBeing a mammal, the platypus feeds its young on mothers' milk. Platypuses do not have teats for the young platypus to grip. Instead, milk oozes out from the mammary glands down two grooves on either side of the mother's abdomen, and the babies suck it up from there.
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∙ 11y agoBeing mammals, young platypuses feed on mothers' milk until they are old enough to learn to dive and forage for food in rivers and creeks. Female platypuses do not have teats for the young to suckle: instead, the milk exudes from pores in the mother's abdomen, then runs down into round patches from which the baby platypuses can drink.
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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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∙ 11y agoTheir parents bring them food =)
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When does a platypus feed on its own?
A young platypus starts to feed on its own after a couple of months.
How does the duck billed platypus feed their young?
Baby 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.
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.
What is a difference between the platypus's and the Echidna's feeding their young?
they both have mammary glands which they use to feed their young
Will platypus give milk to young one?
Yes. Platypuses are mammals; thus, they feed their young on mothers' milk.
Which animal lays eggs like a bird and gives milk like a cow?
There are no birds which feed their young milk. In Australia there are two animals being of the order montreme which lay eggs and feed their young milk and they are the platypus and the echidna.
What do young platypuses share with all other mammal babies?
Like all mammals, platypus young feed on mothers' milk. The platypus and echidna are both egg-laying mammals, but they are still classified as mammals because the young suckle from the mother.
Does an echidna feed its young differently to a platypus?
Yes and no. Both animals are mammals, meaning they feed their young on mothers' milk. However, neither creature has teats for the young to grab hold of. Therefore, when feeding, baby echidnas prod a small patch of skin inside the pouch. This pouch is where the egg is laid, and is little more than a flap of skin which the mother develops during the breeding season. Platypus young, on the other hand, feed differently. The mother secretes her milk through glands on her underside, which then runs into grooves, and the young platypus feeds on that, scooping it up with its bill.
What do newborn platypus eat?
Platypuses are mammals so, like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk.
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.
Does a platypus nurse its young?
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.
How long does an adult platypus stay with its young?
The young platypus stays with its mother for three to four months.
