Platypus eggs are very small. They are just a couple of centimetres in size - about the size of a grape. They average 11 mm in diameter. They are small, smooth and leathery, unlike birds' eggs, which are hard-shelled. They weigh just a few grams.
The female lays the eggs
It lays eggs.
Platypus
The platypus.
No. A platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal that lays eggs.
No because it lays eggs. The only mammal that lays eggs is the platypus. It is a reptile.
A platypus.
No, a platypus is a mammal that lays eggs. It's a Monotreme. A platypus and the echidna are the only mammals in the world that lay eggs.
There are no birds which feed their young milk. In Australia there are two animals being of the order montreme which lay eggs and feed their young milk and they are the platypus and the echidna.
That is a description of the platypus, also called the duck-billed platypus.
You're thinking of the platypus, which lays eggs and can eject venom. But the platypus isn't a marsupial. No marsupial lays eggs or is venomous. The platypus is part of a small group called the Monotremes.
A platypus is a mammal and it has a duck-like bill and duck-like webbed feet.