A female platypus lays eggs which later hatch into young platypuses. The platypus is a monotreme, which is an egg-laying mammal, a characteristic shared only with the two species of echidna.
Echidna and platypus.
Yes, they are an egg-laying mammal. A platypus is indeed an example of a monotreme. Though it is a mammal it lays eggs rather than giving birth.
It lays eggs while other animals give birth.
You mean, what mammals lay eggs rather than giving live birth? The only mammals that lay eggs are the five species of monotremes: the platypus, and four species of echidnas.
Monotremes are egg-laying mammals: this, they reproduce by laying eggs, not by giving birth. The only known monotremes are the platypus, short-beaked echidna, and the long-beaked echidna.
The platypus is in the mammal classification. It is a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal.
They give birth to live babies, but the platypus lays eggs.
They give birth to live babies, but the platypus lays eggs.
They give birth to live babies, but the platypus lays eggs.
They give birth to live babies, but the platypus lays eggs.
I think its the platypus and the echidna
Yes, the platypus is a mammal. It is one of only five extant species of monotremes, which are mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young.