Mother platypuses divide their time between foraging for food on riverbeds and creekbeds, and incubating or feeding their young in a chamber at the end of a burrow dug into a riverbank.
A platypus!
A baby platypus is hatched in a chamber at the end of the mother platypus's burrow, which is dug into the side of a riverbank.
The young platypus stays with its mother for three to four months.
The mother platypus lays eggs.She does not give birth to the young.Perry The Platopuss was born from a egg.
A baby platypus stays in the chamber of its mother's burrow for about six weeks.
A newly hatched platypus is completely helpless. All it can do is drink the milk that oozes from glands on its mother's abdomen.
It is instinctive for a young platypus to be able to swim when it gets old enough. However, the mother certainly teaches it how to find food.
When the mom leaves they can protect themselves.
The mother does. Father does not help.
no, when the platypus is born it is blind and totally helpless
A baby platypus nurses from its mother for three to four months. After that, it stays with its mother until it is around a year old, learning to hunt for itself. Although platypuses are solitary animals, the mother and babies do form a small family group for up to a year.
Young platypuses stay with their mother for about four months (115-125 days).