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How long do platypuses remain with their mothers and feed on their milk?
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Young platypuses remain with their mother, feeding on mothers' milk, for about four months (115-125 days).
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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 newborn puppies feed off mothers milk?
until they are 6 weeks old
How do platypuses give birth?
Platypuses reproduce via sexual reproduction.Platypuses reproduce by laying eggs, which hatch into young platypuses that initially feed off mothers' milk. The platypus is a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal, just like the echidna, and quite unique to Australia. Platypuses lay eggs in a chamber at the end of a burrow dug into a riverbank or next to a creek.Their young, once hatched, drink milk from grooves on the mother's abdomen where it seeps from glands, rather than attaching to teats.platypuses are strange in that way,there like mammals becaus thay nurse there young with milk but unlike mammals they lay eggs.
Is the platypus one of the only mammals that lay eggs?
The platypus belongs to an exclusive group of mammals known as monotremes, or egg laying mammals. The only other animal in this group is the echidna. Although platypuses and echidnas lay eggs, they are still mammals because their young suckle on mothers' milk.
How long does a dolphin feed on it's mothers milk?
Dolphins drink milk for up to three years.
Why do platypuses live in water in Australia?
Platypuses do not live in water. They live in dry burrows dug into riverbanks. These burrows are often dozens of metres long. Platypuses live near creeks and rivers because they feed on the small crustaceans, annelid worms and other tiny freshwater creatures that live at the bottom of these creeks and rivers.
What do platypuses sleep in?
Platypuses sleep in long burrows they dig in riverbanks or creek banks.
How long does a zebra baby feed on its mothers milk?
At 3 months a foal starts to wean off it's mothers milk. It still drinks her milk but can also eat grass :)
How long do baby birds need their mothers. Is it true that at some point mothers stop sleeping with the baby birds because they get too big and they only come back to feed them?
depends on what bird
How long would a newborn puppy need to feed off their mothers milk?
Usually it is about 3-4 weeks but if the mother dog starts not to want to feed them slightly earlier then they are probably ready
How long do baby pandas live in their mothers wound?
The time that baby pandas remain in their mother's womb (called the gestation period) is between 95 and 160 days.
Is there any animal which lay eggs and also give milk?
Both the platypus and the echidna are egg-laying mammals. They belong to the group known as monotremes and, like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk.
