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 reproduce once a year.
No. Male platypuses do not stay with the female. After mating, the male has little more to do with the female.
No. Male platypuses do not have darker fur than females.
Platypuses are not poisonous, as for anything to be "poisonous" it must be ingested. Adult male platypuses have a venomous spur on their hind ankle through which they deliver a powerful, agonising venom. Platypuses never engage in cannibalistic behaviour. They feed on invertebrates on the floor of the creeks and rivers in which they hunt for food.
Platypuses find food on the bottom of freshwater riverbeds and creek beds.
Despite being mammals, platypuses lay eggs. They are monotremes, that is, egg-laying mammals.
Yes. Male platypuses have a hollow spur behind their rear ankle which is attached to a venom gland in the platypus's thigh. The female is not venomous.
Generally, no, platypuses do not live together. They are usually solitary animals. The female and babies may live as a family group until the next breeding season.
Not exactly. Male platypuses have a hollow spur behind their rear ankle which is attached to a venom gland in the platypus's thigh. This spur is not a talon or claw.
Platypuses breed just once a year. Each breeding season they lay between one and three eggs.
Male platypuses can produce venom.
Yes. Mother platypuses look after the young platypuses, nursing them until they are independent. Even then, the platypuses may stay with their mother until they are ready to reproduce, at about two years of age. The male platypus has no part in raising the young.