No. The whale is a placental marine mammal; the platypus is a semi-aquatic monotreme, or egg-laying mammal.
the correct spelling is platypus
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It isn't a "marine mammal" because it doesn't continuously live in salt water. A dolphin or whale, which never come ashore, is a "marine mammal". A platypus is an amphibious mammal, meaning that is capable of functioning in the water or on land.
The platypus and echidna are egg-laying mammals and thus have fur. Most reptiles also lay eggs.
No. Killer whales are placental mammals; they do not lay eggs, but give birth to live young.Killer Whales are mammals. As no mammals- save for the platypus and echidnas- lay eggs, instead performing live childbirth, a Killer Whale does not hatch from an egg.
a platypus's bill is a bill that is on a platypus
a platypus's bill is a bill that is on a platypus
Ornithorhynchus anatinusThe original name was Platypus anatinus, from Greek and Latin words meaning "flat-footed, duck-like". After realising that the name "platypus" had already be given to a group of beetles, the scientist involved assigned the platypus the scientific name of Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the first word of which means "bird-like snout".
All organisms that reproduce sexually have sperm - Humans, whales, birds, alligators, platypus's, and what have you. Note though that the "sperm" of a sperm whale's name is not its semen but "spermacetti", an oily material in the whale's head, once quite valuable commercially. The misnomer came from early whalers' ignorance.
A Platypus is not a primate.
No. The platypus is not a hoarder.