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The female platypus digs a long burrow, up to 30 metres (100 feet) in length, in the bank of a river or creek. The entrance of the burrow is positioned above the waterline, and is often disguised by tree roots or overhanging bushes. At the end of the burrow, a nesting chamber is dug, and the eggs are laid in this chamber. The female then lines the actual entrance to the chamber from the burrow with dry leaves and grasses which provides some protection from marauding snakes, and which also removes the excess water from the mother when she comes in after diving for food in the water.
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Do platypuses have babies or eggs?
Despite being mammals, platypuses lay eggs. They are monotremes, that is, egg-laying mammals.
How often do platypuses reproduce?
Platypuses lay one to three eggs once a year.
Do platypuses lay hard eggs or soft eggs?
Yes; platypuses lay soft, leathery eggs rather than hard-shelled eggs.
Are platypuses hatched from eggs or born alive?
Platypuses are hatched from eggs. They are one of just two species of egg-laying mammals.
Do Platypuses Incubate?
Yes. Platypuses are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. Female platypuses incubate their eggs. They do this by curling tightly around the eggs for around ten says, until they hatch.
Why are platypuses like reptiles?
The only way in which platypuses are like reptiles is that they lay eggs.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of platypuses laying eggs?
a disadvantage is that there will be more platypuses and the advantage is that they will not be extinct.
Do mamles lay eggs?
no they do not exept for platypuses.
Do just female platypuses lay eggs?
Yes. Only female platypuses are able to lay eggs. This is the case with all egg-laying vertebrates.
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.
Why do male platypuses have babies?
Male platypuses do not have babies.Only the female can have young, and she does so by laying eggs. Platypuses are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.
Platypuses are one of the 2 mammals that do what?
Platypuses are one of the 2 mammals that lay eggs. The other is the echidna.
