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Why do pademelons lay eggs?
Pademelons do not lay eggs. They are marsupials, and no marsupials lay eggs. The only egg-laying mammals are the monotremes, which include just platypuses and echidnas.
Does a seahorses lay eggs?
No, they are kind of like marsupials and have a pouch for their eggs
Do parakeets have pouches?
No. Only marsupials have pouches. Birds lay eggs.
What are the only two marsupials that lay eggs?
Marsupials do not lay eggs. Only monotremes lay eggs.The platypus and the echidna are both egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. They are still classified as mammals because they feed their young on mothers' milk - a characteristic unique to mammals alone.
Are mammals that lay eggs called placentals?
No. Mammals which lay eggs are monotremes. Placental mammals and marsupials give live birth.
Do dunnarts lay eggs?
No. Dunnarts are marsupials, so they give birth to live young.
Do Koalas lay eggs?
No. Koalas do not lay eggs, Koalas are mammals, specifically marsupials. Marsupials are pouched mammals, not egg-laying mammals. Mammals give birth to live young, with the exception of monotremes, i.e. platypuses and echidnas, which are also unique to Australia.
What two Australians marsupials lay eggs?
There are no marsupials in Australia that lays eggs. The only egg-laying mammals are monotremes, and in Australia these are the platypus and the short-beaked echidna.
Is a platypus a marsupail?
No. All marsupials have pouched they carry their young in called marsupium. Duck billed platypus lay eggs and do not have pouches or give birth to live young like marsupials
How many eggs does a bilby lay a year?
Bilbies are marsupials, not monotremes. They are not egg-laying mammals, but pouched mammals.
How are monotremes and marsupials different?
Marsupials give live birth to undeveloped young, which then crawl to the nipples (protected by a pouch in many species). Monotremes lay eggs and do not have nipples. Adult marsupials have teeth, but adult monotremes are toothless. Monotremes have interclavicle and coracoid bones in their shoulders, putting their legs to the sides of their bodies like reptiles. Marsupials do not. Monotremes have spurs on their ankles (venomous only for male platypuses), but marsupials do not.
Only two marsupials lay eggs Both are Australian Name them?
No marsupials lay eggs. The only egg-laying mammals are monotremes, and the species in Australia are the platypus and the short-beaked echidna. Both the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna are found on the island of New Guinea.
