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Is platypus a viviparous or oviparous?

Anonymous

∙ 15y ago

Updated: 10/8/2023

No. Ovoviviparous means that the female produces eggs which hatch inside her body, meaning she actually gives live birth. Platypuses are oviparous, which is quite different from being ovoviviparous. They lay eggs, and incubate them for ten days.

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∙ 11y ago

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