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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.
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How many platypuses can be born in one pregnancy?
Platypuses do not have pregnancy. Although they are mammals, they are monotremes, which is the small group of mammals which lay eggs. Platypuses lay between one and three eggs at a time, once a year.
What platypuses are poisonous?
There is only one species of platypuses. It is not "poisonous", but adult males have venomous spurs on their ankles. Apart from several species of shrews and the Cuban solenodon, platypuses are the only venomous mammals.Female platypuses do not have venom, but they are born with spurs. These spurs fall off by the time the young female is about a year old.
Are PLATYPUSES born alive?
Are PLATYPUSES born alive?
How often do platypuses reproduce?
Platypuses lay one to three eggs once a year.
How many times a year do platypuses reproduce?
Platypuses reproduce just once a year.
How often do platypuses have babies?
Platypuses reproduce once a year.
What size are platypuses when they are born?
Platypuses are not born: they are hatched. They are just a couple of centimetres in length when first born.
Are Platypuses born naked?
Platypuses are not born. They are hatched. Platypuses are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. And yes, when first hatched, they are completely furless.
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.
How often do Platypuses mate?
Platypuses breed just once a year. Males will mate with several females during that time, but females will generally only mate with one male.
What season are baby platypuses born in?
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.
How is a platypus born?
Out of an egg. Platypuses are Monotremes.
