Platypus eggs are soft and leathery, rather than hard-shelled.
mammalAnimals that don't lay eggs are called Mammals, as they give live birth and have hairs. But, as Mother Nature can be contrary, the echidna and the platypus, though mammals, lay eggs!
The sub-group of mammals which lay eggs are called monotremes.This group includes the platypus and the two species of echidna.
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.
The Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is an Australian mammal that lays eggs.
The platypus is in the mammal classification. It is a monotreme, or egg-laying mammal.
Platypus eggs are not hard-shelled, like birds' eggs. They are soft-shelled and leathery.
Yes; platypuses lay soft, leathery eggs rather than hard-shelled eggs.
Their eggs are hard. Since ALL EGGS are hard
Actually scrambled eggs are more popular than hard boiled eggs and soft boiled eggs. And hard boiled eggs are as popular as soft boiled eggs
Turtle eggs (and tortoise eggs) can be either hard or soft-shelled, depending on the species.
Garter snake eggs are soft shelled.
No. Both species of echidnas, the short-beaked and the long-beaked echidna, lay soft-shelled, leathery eggs. This is the same as the platypus, the other monotreme, or egg-laying mammal.
Yes. Platypus fur is soft and velvety.
No. The platypus does not eat plants. Platypuses are carnivores. They are predators; they eat small water animals such as aquatic insect larvae of caddisflies, mayflies and two-winged flies, fresh water shrimp, annelid worms, yabbies and crayfish. Sometimes, some aquatic plants are accidentally ingested with the invertebrates collected by the platypus. These do not constitute part of the platypus's diet.
No, their eggs are soft. Caviar is fish eggs.
No, their eggs are soft. Caviar is fish eggs.
A platypus is a mammal that lays eggs in order to reproduce - a monotreme. It is one of only two mammals known to do so, the other being the echidna. The eggs are soft-shelled and leathery, rather than hard-shelled like birds' eggs.