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A platypus is a mammal that lays eggs. It is not at all related to ducks (and its bill is not really similar to a duck's bill, either). Apart from laying eggs, it shares all other mammalian characteristics. Egg-laying mammals are known as monotremes.
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Is a paltapus a bird?
If you mean the "platypus," no, it is not a bird. It is a mammal.
What is a platypus is it a reptile or bird?
It is a mammal
Is a platypus a type of bird?
No. A platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal that lays eggs.
How is platypus different from a bird?
Quite simply, the platypus is a mammal, not a bird. It has fur instead of feathers, and it feeds its young on mothers' milk.
Is a platypus a bird or a fish?
The platypus is a mammal. Although it lays eggs in a burrow, and hunts for food in the water, it is a warm-blooded mammal that breathes using lungs, not gills. It also feeds its young on mothers' milk, something which no fish does.
Why can't platypus fly?
A platypus does not have wings. It is a mammal, not a bird, and bats are the only mammals that can truly fly.
What mammal has two bird-like characteristics?
A platypus is a mammal and it has a duck-like bill and duck-like webbed feet.
What features of the platypus suggest that it is a bird?
No features suggest it is a bird. It is a mammal. The bill of a platypus serves a quite different function to that of any bird, as bird do not have electroreceptors in their bills. Platypuses do lay eggs, but even the eggs are quite different to those of a bird.
What type of mammal is a platypus?
A platypus is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal.
Why isn't a penguin a mammal?
A penguin is a bird or a vertibrate animal. Mammals are animals which only give birth to live young (with the sole exception of the platypus, which lays eggs).
Is a platypus a monotreme marsupial or placental mammal?
The platypus is a monotreme mammal.
How does it help a platypus being a mammal and reptile?
The platypus is not a reptile - it is an egg-laying mammal.
