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How do mammals eggs look like?
The two egg-laying mammals, or monotremes, the platypus and the echidna, lay very small, white eggs. These eggs are around the size of grapes, and have leathery shells. The platypus's egg averages 11 mm in diameter, and they are rounder than the echidna's egg. The echidna's egg ranges between 13 and 15 mm in length.
What kind of an animal is an echidna?
The echidna is a monotreme. It is an egg-laying mammal.
Why is the echidna's reproduction weird?
The echidna's reproduction is not weird. It just so happens that the echidna, like the platypus, is a monotreme, meaning it is an egg-laying mammal.
Is an echidna the only egg laying marsupial?
The echidna is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal. Most mammals give live birth, but only the echidna and platypus are egg-laying mammals.
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.
What animal with spines lays eggs?
The echidna is an animal which lays eggs. The echidna is covered in spines. Like platypuses, echidnas are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
Do Echidna lay eggs?
Yes. Like the platypus, the echidna is a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. Monotremes are the only known mammals that reproduce by laying eggs.
An egg laying mammal that is also called the spiny anteater?
This is the echidna. There are two species of echidna, which is a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal. One species is the short-beaked echidna of Australia, and the other is the long-beaked echidna of New Guinea.
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 other animals reproduce like the platypus?
The platypus is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal. The only other animal in this group is the echidna. There are two species of echidna: the short-beaked echidna, which is found in Australia, just like the platypus; and the long-beaked echidna, which is only found on the island of New Guinea.
How does an echidna obtain oxygen?
An echidna is a monotreme (egg-laying mammal) along with the platypus. It uses lungs and breathes in air to obtain oxygen just like people.
What is a sentence with the word echidna in it?
The echidna is one of only two types of monotremes in the world.Like the platypus, the echidna is an egg-laying mammal.
