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Platypuses and echidnas are the only mammals which lay eggs. However, they do not incubate them in a birdlike fashion.
The echidna curks up and lays her egg directly into a rudimentary pouch (little more than a flap of skin) which she develops during breeding season. The platypus digs a nesting chamber at the end of a long burrow, and after she has laid her eggs, she curls around them, keeping them close to her body duirng the ten-day incubation period.
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What does incubated by mother mean?
This means the eggs of an animal are kept warm by the mother until the young animal or bird is ready to hatch. For example, the mother platypus incubates its eggs by curling around them; the mother echidna incubates its egg by keeping it in a temporary pouch; a mother scrub turkey incubates her eggs by burying them in a mound of earth and twigs and regularly testing the temperature of the mound; the average bird incubates its eggs by sitting on them to keep them warm.
How long do female kakapo sit on their eggs?
The female kakapo incubates her eggs for around 30 days.
Which animal lays eggs underground?
The platypus, which is a semi-aquatic mammal, lays its eggs in a burrow underground. The female platypus digs a nesting burrow and lays one to three eggs, which she incubates for about 10 days before they hatch.
How can you tell that a mammal is a mammal?
For the most part, mammals are identified by their ability to growhair, by being warm blooded, for being able to do live birth(instead of laying eggs like birds and reptiles), and the femaleshave mammary glands to nurse their babies. One small group ofmammals called monotremes does lay eggs, incubates them, and nursesthe young when they hatch. These are the echidna and the platypus. And they have bellybuttons.
A monotreme is a mammal that?
A monotreme is a mammal that lays eggs.
How does the female locust depend on soil?
Female locusts require soil to lay their eggs in. The heat of the soil incubates the eggs and this is where the larvae hatch from.
Sea turtle an mammal?
No because it lays eggs. The only mammal that lays eggs is the platypus. It is a reptile.
How are parrots born?
After the parents mate the female lays eggs which she incubates by laying on them and then the baby hatches from the egg.
Why do alligators make their nests out of rotting vegetation?
Decaying vegetation puts out heat, and this heat incubates the eggs.
How do eagles have babies?
Courtship and mating take place in flight. Once the hen is fertilized she lays a clutch of eggs (two or more) and incubates the eggs.
What do alligators lay their eggs in?
Alligators make nests make from dead and rotting vegetation, which acts like compost, creating heat which incubates the eggs.
How long are hummingbirds?
A mother hummingbird incubates her eggs for about two weeks. She might incubate her eggs longer in colder climates. This is relatively long for bird incubation.
