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- Platypuses feed their young on mothers' milk
- They are warm-blooded
- They breathe air using lungs
- They are covered with fur
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Are platypuses totally mammal?
Totally. Just because they happen to be monotremes, which are egg-laying mammals, does not make them any less mammal. Characteristics which platypuses share with mammals are:mammals have fur, skin or hairthey breathe through lungs, not gillsthey are warmblooded vertebratesthey suckle their young on mothers' milk
Is a platypus the only mammal to have green blood?
Platypuses do not have green blood. No mammal has green blood.
Why did god make the platypus?
Deities have nothing to do with the evolution of the platypus. Platypuses are monotremes, an early format of mammal which gave all the characteristics of mammals except for the bear living young"
Are platypuses the only mammal that has a flat bill?
Yes. The platypus is the only mammal with a bill of any sort.
Which is the only mammal that can sting?
The only mammal that can sting is the Platypus. Male platypuses have spurs on their back ankles with from which they can inject poisonous DLPs (defensin-like proteins). Female platypuses and echidnas also have these back ankle spurs, but only male platypuses can use them.
A mammal that produces shelled eggs is a?
A monotreme. Monotremes consist of platypuses and echidnas.
Are duck billed platypuses amphibians?
A platypus is an Australian mammal that lays eggs.
What animals are friends with the platypus?
Platypuses are solitary animals, and are the only mammal occupying its particular niche. Platypuses are therefore not "friends" with any other animal.
What are invisible characteristics of the platypus?
Male platypuses can produce venom.
Can a platypus lay an egg and is it a mammal?
Yes. Platypuses lay eggs for the purpose of reproduction.Despite laying eggs, platypuses are mammals, because they feed their young on mothers' milk. They also share other characteristics with mammals, such as being warm-blooded, having fur, skin or hair, and breathing via lungs rather than gills. Together with echidnas, platypuses make up the small mammal group known as monotremes, which are the egg-laying mammals.Once considered to be primitive mammals, this is no longer current scientific thought.
How are platypuses and mammals different from each other?
A platypus IS a mammal. The only difference is that platypuses are egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. In every other sense, they are completely mammals.
Are platypuses loved or hated?
they are loved by everybody in the whole wind world b/c they are part reptile part bird part mammal. everybody loves platypuses
