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The amount of eggs that an animal produces will vary depending on the animal. For example, a penguin only lays one or two eggs at a time and a bird can lay up to four at a time.

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As many as there are non mammals. But the platypus is a mammal and it still lays eggs. (It's the ONLY mammal to lay eggs.)

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