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No, a platypus does not have nipples. Instead, female platypuses secrete milk from mammary glands through openings in their skin, allowing the milk to pool in grooves on their abdomen for the young to lap up. This unique method of nursing is one of the many distinctive traits of this egg-laying mammal.
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If a rabbit is a mammal then why dont male rabbits have nipples?
Not all male mammals have nipples. I believe mice, rats, and horses are examples of mammals where the males do not have nipples. In fact, the platypus is a mammal, but it has pores and no nipples. Why this is, I do not know. I am trying to find out, but the information seems to be hard to come by.
What animal sweats milk?
Platypus, they sweat milk and it's children lick it's fur, unlike most mammals that have nipples.
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.
What is a platypus's bill?
a platypus's bill is a bill that is on a platypus
What is Platypus bill?
a platypus's bill is a bill that is on a platypus
Do dolphins have nipples?
Actually not all do,but most male mammals do have nipple,they are just not as noticable or large.Male rats of the species Rattus norvegicus do not have nipples either. This can easily be seen on hairless varieties.No. Male horses and male platypuses do not have nipples. There may be others.
What is the binomial name for the platypus?
Ornithorhynchus anatinusThe original name was Platypus anatinus, from Greek and Latin words meaning "flat-footed, duck-like". After realising that the name "platypus" had already be given to a group of beetles, the scientist involved assigned the platypus the scientific name of Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the first word of which means "bird-like snout".
Is a platypus a primate?
A Platypus is not a primate.
Is a platypus a hoarder?
No. The platypus is not a hoarder.
What else can a platypus be called?
The platypus should not be called anything else. It is just a platypus. It is not a duckbilled platypus, or any other such misnomer.
Local name of platypus?
The platypus is called the platypus wherever one happens to be in Australia.
Does a platypus's sweat contain milk?
Yes and no. In monotremes, which includes the platypus, there are mammary glands but no teats. When producing the milk, the mother excretes milk out of pores in the skin and the young platypuses lick the milk off the abdomen. The mother has grooves specifically designed to keep milk that is excreted out. These glands from which the milk is secreted are modified sweat glands on the platypus's abdomen. In all mammals, the mammary glands are really little more than modified sweat glands, but it's the the absence of nipples which is more obvious in platypuses. Interestingly, the male platypus's venom gland is also a modified sweat gland.
