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Which is te animal lays egg and feeds mil to its young ones?
Platypus
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.
How does the duck billed platypus feed their young?
Baby platypuses feed on mothers' milk, but the mother does not have teats. Instead, she secretes her milk through glands on her underside, and the young platypus feeds on that.
Does a platypus nurse its young?
Yes, but a young platypus feeds differently to either marsupials or placental mammals. The mother has large glands under the skin from which she secretes the milk. The milk ends up on the mother's fur, and it from this that the young platypus feeds. The milk still contains all the nutrients required for the young platypus, as it a couple of months before the baby is ready to hunt for food on the bottom of the river.
Are mammals the only animals feed milk to young?
Yes. Mammals are the only animals that feeds milk to their young.
Which other groups can a platypus could be put in?
There is no other group that a platypus could be placed into. It is a mammal, by virtue of the fact that it feeds its young on mothers' milk which is secreted from mammary glands. No other animal group does this. Also, mammals are the only group of animals that have fur or hair. platypuses have fur, so they are mammals.
How do platypus mothers recognize their young?
Like most animals, platypuses recognise their young through their acute sense of smell.
Does an echidna feed its young differently to a platypus?
Yes and no. Both animals are mammals, meaning they feed their young on mothers' milk. However, neither creature has teats for the young to grab hold of. Therefore, when feeding, baby echidnas prod a small patch of skin inside the pouch. This pouch is where the egg is laid, and is little more than a flap of skin which the mother develops during the breeding season. Platypus young, on the other hand, feed differently. The mother secretes her milk through glands on her underside, which then runs into grooves, and the young platypus feeds on that, scooping it up with its bill.
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 is it hard to class the platypus as a mammal?
It is not hard to class the platypus as a mammal. The defining characteristic of a mammal is that it feeds its young on mother's milk - which a platypus does. The platypus also shares several other characteristics with other mammals. It is covered with fur; it is warm-blooded; it breathes using lungs. The only way it is different to other mammals is that, like the echidna, it lays eggs, instead of giving birth to live young.
How does amother platypus take care of her young?
She gathers food beforehand then wen it is born she feeds it milk untill it is old enough to find its own food.
How do leopards feed their young?
a leopard feeds it young by attacking other animals
