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The platypus is both nocturnal and crepuscular. This means that, while it is active at night, and feeds during the night, it also actively feeds at dawn and dusk.
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When does a platypus feed on its own?
A young platypus starts to feed on its own after a couple of months.
What do you feed a baby platypus?
you give it milk
How does the duck billed platypus feed their young?
Baby platypuses feed on mothers' milk, but the mother does not have teats. Instead, she secretes her milk through glands on her underside, and the young platypus feeds on that.
Which animals feed at dusk?
Platypus,Rodents,deer,rattlesnakes,gila monsters and Wallaby
How much does it cost to feed a platypus for a year?
Since the average person cannot have a platypus, the question is moot. Regarding zoos and animal sanctuaries, costs of running a suitable environment - including equipping it with food - for the platypus are considerable.
How can a baby platypus nurse?
Platypuses do feed their young on mothers' milk, but the young do not suckle from teats. The mother platypus secretes milk from glands on her abdomen, which the young platypus drinks, but she does not develop teats.
Can a platypus eat a mink?
No. Apart from the fact that there are no minks in Australia, the platypus generally does not feed on other vertebrates. It only feeds on invertebrates such as annelid worms, crayfish and insect larvae.
What is a difference between the platypus's and the Echidna's feeding their young?
they both have mammary glands which they use to feed their young
Which animal lays eggs like a bird and gives milk like a cow?
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.
What do newborn platypus eat?
Platypuses are mammals so, like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk.
Will platypus give milk to young one?
Yes. Platypuses are mammals; thus, they feed their young on mothers' milk.
The platypus and echidna are the only mammals that?
The platypus and the echidna are the only two egg-laying mammals in existence. They are classed as monotremes.They are still classified as mammals because they feed their young on mothers' milk - a characteristic unique to mammals alone.
