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Platypuses are mammals (although unusual egg-laying mammals) and, like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk. The platypus does not suckle its young quite like other mammals do. It does not have nipples, but it exudes milk from specialised sweat glands on its abdomen.
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Are platypuses fat?
Platypuses are not fat. The thickness of their tail is an indication of their health, and how well-fed they are.
What do mother platypuses feed their young?
Platypuses are mammals: therefore, mother platypuses, like all mammals, feed their young on mothers' milk.
What do platypuses feed their young?
Platypuses are mammals; therefore, like all other mammals, the mother feeds her young on mothers' milk. As the young platypuses grow, she introduces them to worms and larvae that she brings back from her creek or river dives.
When do platypuses have their young?
Platypuses have their young during the breeding season, which is Australia's spring and summer, from about September through to February, sometimes extending to March.
Why do male platypuses have babies?
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.
How long do platypuses look after their young?
Young platypuses stay with their mother for about four months (115-125 days). They are nursed for the first three months.
Do baby platypuses drink their mother's milk?
Yes. Platypuses are mammals, and all female mammals - platypuses included - suckle their young on mother's milk. The only difference is that female platypuses do not have teats. The young must scoop up the milk which exudes into grooves in the mother's abdomen.
How does a platypus produce its young?
Platypuses are special mammals known as monotremes. This means they produce their young - or reproduce - by laying eggs, which hatch into young platypuses that initially feed off mothers' milk. Female platypuses lay eggs in a chamber at the end of a burrow dug into a riverbank or next to a creek.
When do platypuses mature?
Platypuses are fully mature at age two, which is when they reach reproductive age. However, young platypuses leave their mother between 14 and 18 months of age.
Do platypuses and spiny anteaters give birth to young alive?
No. Platypuses and spiny anteaters, more correctly known as echidnas, are monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. The young are hatched, not born.
What do joeys koalas and platypuses have in common?
Joeys are the young of koalas and any other marsupial. Their only commonality with platypuses is that they are mammals, and they live in Australia.
What mammal characteristics do platypuses have?
Platypuses feed their young on mothers' milkThey are warm-bloodedThey breathe air using lungsThey are covered with fur
