Do platypus lay eggs

Answer 1

A platypus is a mammal that lays eggs in order to reproduce - a monotreme. It is one of only two mammals known to do so, the other being the echidna. The eggs are soft-shelled and leathery, rather than hard-shelled like birds' eggs.

Answer 2

Yes. Platypuses are one of just three species of monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. The short-beaked echidna and long-beaked echidna are the other species.

Monotremes lay soft-shelled, leathery eggs.

Answer 3

Yes, females platypuses lay between one and three eggs at a time. They are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals.

Answer 4

All female platypuses of reproductive age lay eggs.

Answer 5

There is only one species of platypus. All female platypuses of reproductive age lay eggs.

Answer 6

A female platypus lays eggs in order to reproduce. Platypuses are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, and one of just two types of monotremes. The other is the echidna.

Answer 7

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) does lay eggs.

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

Even though a platypus is a mammal, they do in fact lay eggs.