Is a platypus an ectotherm or endotherm?

Answer 1

The platypus is a warm blooded, egg laying, semi aquatic, mammal which means they can generate their own body heat.

Being a mammal (specifically, a monotreme), a platypus is warm blooded. All mammals are warm blooded.

Answer 2

The platypus is an endotherm because it controls its body temperature and does not rely on its environment for heat. It instead devotes energy to keeping its body temperature close to 32 degrees Celsius.

Answer 3

Platypuses are mammals, not reptiles, despite the fact that they lay eggs; therefore, they are warm-blooded, like all mammals. The Platypus is a monotreme, an egg laying mammal.

Answer 4

No.

Being a mammal, the platypus is an endotherm, or what used to be commonly called "warm-blooded". Endotherms regulate their body temperature via their own metabolism.

Ectotherms used to be known as "cold-blooded". Ectotherms rely on the external environment to control their body temperature, and include reptiles and fish.

Answer 5

Yes they are warm blooded, this is why they are mammals.

Answer 6

Platapuses are mammals, and mammals are warm blooded

Answer 7

Both the platypus and the spiny anteater, or echidna, are mammals, and therefore they are warm-blooded. All mammals are warm-blooded, even those that are egg-laying mammals (monotremes).

Answer 8

Platypuses are mammals and, like all mammals, are considered warm blooded, even though this actually refers to body temperature, rather than the temperature of the blood.

Answer 9

Being a mammal (specifically, a monotreme), a platypus is warm blooded. All mammals are warm blooded.

Answer 10

They have fur to keep them warm