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Young platypuses stay with their mother for about four months (115-125 days). They are nursed for the first three months.
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Does the adult platypus look after their babies?
Yes. Mother platypuses look after the young platypuses, nursing them until they are independent. Even then, the platypuses may stay with their mother until they are ready to reproduce, at about two years of age. The male platypus has no part in raising the young.
What do mother platypuses feed their young?
Platypuses are mammals: therefore, mother platypuses, like all mammals, feed their young on mothers' milk.
How long do platypuses remain with their mothers and feed on their milk?
Young platypuses remain with their mother, feeding on mothers' milk, for about four months (115-125 days).
What do platypuses feed their young?
Platypuses are mammals; therefore, like all other mammals, the mother feeds her young on mothers' milk. As the young platypuses grow, she introduces them to worms and larvae that she brings back from her creek or river dives.
What are platypuses' homes like?
Platypuses live in burrows that they dig on the banks of freshwater creeks, rivers, lakes and dams. The female digs a chamber at the end of a long burrow where she shelters her young.
When do platypuses have their young?
Platypuses have their young during the breeding season, which is Australia's spring and summer, from about September through to February, sometimes extending to March.
Why do male platypuses have babies?
Male platypuses do not have babies.Only the female can have young, and she does so by laying eggs. Platypuses are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
Do baby platypuses drink their mother's milk?
Yes. Platypuses are mammals, and all female mammals - platypuses included - suckle their young on mother's milk. The only difference is that female platypuses do not have teats. The young must scoop up the milk which exudes into grooves in the mother's abdomen.
How long do mother platypuses carry their young?
Mother platypuses do not carry their young. They are egg-laying mammals, or monotremes.Platypuses reproduce by laying eggs, which hatch into young platypuses that initially feed off mothers' milk. Platypuses lay eggs in a chamber at the end of a burrow dug into a riverbank or next to a creek.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.
How long does the penguin look after its young for?
They look after their young for about 1 year
How does a platypus produce its young?
Platypuses are special mammals known as monotremes. This means they produce their young - or reproduce - by laying eggs, which hatch into young platypuses that initially feed off mothers' milk. Female platypuses lay eggs in a chamber at the end of a burrow dug into a riverbank or next to a creek.
When do platypuses mature?
Platypuses are fully mature at age two, which is when they reach reproductive age. However, young platypuses leave their mother between 14 and 18 months of age.
