Platypuses

No. Platypuses are mammals, not amphibians. No mammals undergo metamorphosis. Baby platypuses are hatched from eggs, and as the creatures grow, they gradually resemble their parents more and more.

A female platypus lays her eggs in a dry chamber at the end of a long burrow which has been dug into the bank of a freshwater creek or river. The entrance to the burrow is above the waterline so that the burrow and nesting chamber both remain dry, and the burrow may extend up to 30 metres into the bank. The chamber at the end is just big enough for the female to curl around her eggs to incubate them for the necessary ten days. She will often create plugs of earth along the length of the burrow to prevent snakes entering the chamber. She also lines sections of the burrow with dry leaves to capture the water from her fur so she does not make the nesting chamber wet.

A female platypus is called a "sow." Platypuses are unique mammals that lay eggs, and they are native to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The female platypus typically lays one to three eggs at a time and incubates them for about ten days before they hatch.

Over the years, animal kind has evolved. First, organisms started as a mere mass of cells in a body of water. There were no crocodiles, humans, fish, or any other type of animal thriving on Earth. Over time, though, certain organisms began to form. The water organisms formed the very first, because the masses of cells originally started in water. Examples of these are paramecium and microscopic protists. Centuries and centuries could go by until another living species came to be. As the cell masses began to grow and expand, more complicated organisms began to come; such as different kinds of fish, sharks, and whales. Soon, the cells started to adapt to life on land. Organisms could now leave the water for certain periods of time, like frogs, ducks, and crocodiles. More and more centuries and decades would pass. But eventually, animals' cells were able to adapt to full life on land, no water needed to stay moist. Of course, things still needed to drink water, though; it's the essential nutrient for life. Anyway, at one point in time, animals that were adjusting to life on land probably did have webbed feet. Humans, on the other hand, are way too far down the line to have them. Humans are the most evolved organism on Earth. Dogs, bears, birds, cats, giraffes, elephants, lions, tigers, monkeys, gorillas, and the list could go on forever. All of these organisms are between the development of ducks and humans; therefore, it would be impossible for humans to have webbed feet. If humans formed directly before or after ducks or anywhere even close to them, there would be a large chance of humans having webbed feet. But because of the long list of organisms, and the order in which they formed, it would be next to impossible for humans to have the characteristics of ducks.

In addition to that, humans don't need them. If humans had come to be in an environment in which they had swim constantly or stay afloat in water, there would also be a higher chance that we would have webbed feet, or even flippers or scales. For our cells would, over time, adjust to this environment. But again, the sequence in which we formed makes these things unnecessary and improbable. We don't need to swim in water to live, why would we need webbed feet?

Platypuses live in burrows dug into riverbanks and creek banks. These creeks may run through dense rainforest, or through eucalyptus bushland, so the appearance of their habitat varies. Platypuses generally obscure the entrance to their burrows with plants.

Platypuses are one of two types of mammals which lay eggs. Unlike the echidna, the other egg-laying mammal (or monotreme), the platypus does not develop a temporary pouch to incubate the eggs.

The mother platypus prepares a chamber at the end of a burrow especially for the purpose of protecting the young. After she lays one to three eggs, which have already developed within her body for 28 days, she curls her body around the eggs to incubate them for another ten days.

After hatching, the mother platypus feeds her young on milk secreted from glands, rather than from teats. The young are blind, hairless and completely vulnerable. They are suckled by the mother for 3-4 months, during which time she only leaves them to forage for food. As she leaves the burrow, the mpther platypus makes several thin plugs made of soil along the length of burrow; this helps to protect the young from predators which would enter the burrow during the mother's absence. When she returns, she pushes past these plugs, thereby forcing water from her fur and helping to keep the chamber dry.

The male platypus does not take any part in raising the young platypuses.

The platypus's bill is not hard like the beak of a bird. It is flexible, and made out of a leathery skin, so it feels soft and leathery to the touch.

Platypuses do not live in dams like beavers do, or dams that are artificially created for storing water.

Platypuses dig their burrow in riverbanks or creek banks, usually underneath an overhang of earth or tree roots, in order to disguise the entrance.

Some species often lay excessive amounts of eggs because it is not uncommon for the majority of these eggs to not survive into development. Laying large numbers of eggs increases the chances of some of them hatching and surviving into adulthood.

Perry the Platypus does not have a professor, but he has a boss named Major Francis Monogram.

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.

It is a vertebrate because it has a spinal column in its skeletal system. Also it is a mammal, although it lays eggs, and every mammal (or other warm-blooded creature, like a bird) is a vertebrate.

All mammals on earth give birth to their young instead of laying eggs.

however the Duck-billed platypus from Australia is the only exeption to this, as it is the only mammal on earth that lays eggs instead of giving birth.

The platypus lives on land, but must live next to water. It digs burrows above the waterline of freshwater creeks and rivers. The platypus is an air-breathing mammal which must live on land, but it hunts for its food in water. It is dependent on water for its food, and can hold its breath for an average of 1-2 minutes for each dive it makes.

Yes. The Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia and Tasmania. Together with the long-beaked and short-beaked echidna, it is one of the three species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. Like placental mammals and marsupials, the young are suckled by the mother.

Whilst some may say it has a unique appearance similar to that of a beaver with a duck's head, it really does not look like that at all. It is covered in fur, and its head is flat and streamlined for swimming under the water's surface. Its bill is different in shape to that of a duck, so even the term "duck-billed platypus" is a misnomer. It has webbed feet, claws and a flat tail, and lives in burrows in riverbanks.

The bizarre appearance of this egg-laying, duck-billed mammal baffled naturalists when it was first discovered, with some considering it an elaborate fraud. It is one of the few venomous mammals; the male Platypus has a spur on the hind foot which delivers a poison capable of killing a small dog or causing severe pain to humans. The unique features of the Platypus make it an important subject in the study of biology.

This is unknown.

The platypus is not endangered in Australia, and the IUCN lists the Platypus on its Red List as Least Concern. It is unknown what the actual population of platypuses is. The closest estimate is that platypus numbers are in the low thousands.

Not many surveys of platypus populations have been done, and even those have only been carried out in selected rivers on Australia's eastern coast. Recent research suggests that the average platypus population density along some of the better quality streams in part of the Great Dividing Range in Victoria is only around one to two animals per kilometre of channel. Besides this, the only information available is that, apart from in South Australia where platypuses can no longer be found in the wild, the platypus population is believed to be the same as it was at the beginning of European settlement in Australia.

There also appear to be very few platypuses living in zoos outside of Australia. Even in Australia, a limited number of Australian zoos and universities hold permits to keep platypuses in captivity for the purpose of either display or research.

Pollution!!! They also have predators, and not alot of protective measures, but swimming away. There claws, and webbed feet, aren't really used for fighting, but for swimming, digging, and they have no teeth to defend themselves or their young with. So, when they are attacked their only action is to flee. They lay eggs which are easy prey for other animals and hard for them to protect and hide. So, they have a hard time all the way around without the added pressures of mankind!

Platypuses (and echidnas) are members of a quite different order of mammals known as monotremes. They are egg-laying mammals, but still classified as mammals since they nurture their young with mothers' milk. They also share other characteristics with mammals, such as being warm-blooded, having fur, skin or hair, and breathing via lungs rather than gills

Platypuses live throughout eastern coastal Australia and its island state of Tasmania, particularly within heavily wooded and protected regions. They are found from the cooler sub-alpineareas in the south, such as Victoria and the Tasmanian highlands, north through New South Wales to tropical far north Queensland. Platypuses live in bushland as well as tropical, sub-tropical and temperate rain forests.

Birds, most reptiles, many fish and almost all amphibians lay eggs and have a backbone. In addition, there are the monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, which include the platypus and the echidna.