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How long does it take for a platypus egg to hacht?
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What is strange about how a platypus begins its life?
The platypus is strange because it is an egg-laying mammal. Most mammals give live birth, but the platypus (together with the echidna) lays eggs in order to reproduce. The baby platypus is hatched from an egg after about 8-10 days of incubation.
How long does the platypus protext its babys?
A baby platypus nurses from its mother for three to four months. After that, it stays with its mother until it is around a year old, learning to hunt for itself. Although platypuses are solitary animals, the mother and babies do form a small family group for up to a year.
What is a platypus egg?
A platypus egg is an egg laid by a platypus. This is the most amazing thing in the world to me for it is so strange indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What texture is a platypus egg?
The egg of a platypus is leathery. It is not hard-shelled like a bird's egg.
How long do platypus eggs need to be incubated?
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.
If a fertilised chicken egg is not sat on how long will it stay fresh to eat it?
You can't, there's an ACTUALL baby chick in there.
Why are the platypus and echidna not recognised as egg laying mammals?
The platypus and echidna are recognised as egg-laying mammals. They are monotremes, which are egg-laying mammals.
To what order do platypuses belong?
The platypus is a monotreme, and of the order monotremata.Together with the short-beaked and long-beaked echidna, the platypus is one of the few egg-laying mammals in the world.
What color is a platypus's egg?
A platypus's egg is off-white to pale creamy beige in colour. It is about the size of a grape.
What are the other mammals that are egg-laying mammals?
The egg-laying mammals, or monotremes, are the platypus, the long-beaked echidna and the short-beaked echidna.
What species is a platypus from?
A platypus is an egg laying mammal, or monotreme. Its actual species name is Ornithorhynchus anatinus.
