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Platypuses are not born - they are hatched as platypuses are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
The platypus breeding season is spring and summer, from about September through to February, sometimes extending to March.
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What time of year are platypuses born?
Platypuses are not born: they are hatched. They are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. The platypus breeding season is spring and summer, from about September through to February, sometimes extending to March. Baby platypuses are incubated by the mother for about ten days before hatching. Hatching can take place anytime during the breeding season.
How many baby platypus babies are born at once?
Platypuses are not born; they are hatched. The female lays between one and three eggs each breeding season.
Are baby platypus shy?
Baby platypuses are very shy, as are the adult platypuses.
Do parent platypuses stay together after the baby is born?
Yes, because they are mamals.
How much does a platypus weigh when it's born?
A baby platypus is not born, but hatched. When hatched, it weighs around half a gram.
Do baby platypuses like to hide in their mother's pouch?
No. Platypuses do not have a pouch. Marsupials are the mammals characterised (for the most part) by a pouch on the female's abdomen. Platypuses are monotremes, and do not have a pouch. admittedly, the other monotreme, the echidna, does develop a rudimentary pouch during the breeding season, but the platypus does not.
How much do baby platypuses weigh?
When first hatched, baby platypuses weigh less than a gram.
Are PLATYPUSES born alive?
Are PLATYPUSES born alive?
When are platypuses born?
Platypuses are not born: they are hatched. Mating season for the platypus is from August to October. The egg develops for about 28 days inside the mother's body before it is laid. It is then incubated for another ten days. Thus, platypuses can be hatched any time through Australia's Spring.
What season does a baby whale born in?
a baby bear is born in the ocean
Can a platypus walk on the day it is born?
No. Firstly, platypuses are not born: they are hatched. Platypuses are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. When they are hatched, they are blind, hairless and completely helpless. A newly hatched baby platypus is about the size and weight of a bean.
Do baby platypuses need milk?
Yes. Being mammals (albeit egg-laying mammals), baby platypuses must feed on mothers' milk.
