What is a platypus gestation period?

Answer 1

Platypuses do not give birth to live young. They are one of only two types of mammals to lay eggs. Fertilised platypus eggs stay in the mother's body for around 28 days. When they are laid, they incubate for another ten days before hatching.

Answer 2

Platypuses do not give birth. Platypuses are one of only two types of mammals to lay eggs. Fertilised platypus eggs stay in the mother's body for around 28 days. The egg is incubated by the mother curling around it and keeping it warm and dry in the chamber of the burrow for another 10 days.

Answer 3

Platypuses do not get pregnant and they do not give birth to live young: they lay eggs. Platypuses are one of only two types of mammals to lay eggs. Fertilised platypus eggs stay in the mother's body for around 28 days. When they are laid, they incubate for another eight to ten days before hatching.