2006-10-26 02:40:57 · 43 answers · asked by dragonfly 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
the duck-billed platypus is a mammal.
2006-10-26 02:43:02 · answer #1 · answered by Diane 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The platypus is a very unusual mammal (mammal means that it has fur on it):
It lays eggs like a bird or a reptile (this makes it a monotreme mammal)
The males have poison like a snake in spurs on their hind legs. The poison can kill a dog and cause extreme pain in people.
They have a bill like a duck.
They have a tail like a beaver.
They have webbed feet like a duck.
The mother's milk comes out through glands on her skin and the babies lick it off of her fur.
The platypus is only found in Australia and its island state, Tasmania.
2006-10-26 02:50:33 · answer #2 · answered by TRUEBRIT 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A duck-bill Platapus is A small aquatic egg laying monotreme mammal (Ornithorhynchus anatinus, with webbed feet, a tail like a beaver's and a horny beak resembling the bill of a duck). It inhabits rivers and their banks in Eastern Austrailia and Tasmainia
2006-10-26 03:30:55 · answer #3 · answered by crazycanadien 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The duck bill platypus is a mammal. As one of only two species of mammals that lay eggs, one of only two mammals that are venomous, and the only mammal with webbed feet and a ducklike bill that can detect electrical signals, the platypus is unique. I shall always remember my visit to the platypusery in Sydney Zoo where it was possible to study this beguiling creature at close quarters. Magical!
2006-10-26 03:03:53 · answer #4 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A mammal. And for the other answerers, what does the fact that a platypus lays eggs have to do with anything? You all make it sound like, "even though it lays eggs, its not a bird." Sorry to sound so sarcastic, but lots of creatures other than birds lay eggs. Alligators for example.
2006-10-26 02:54:40 · answer #5 · answered by Reese 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mammal. Sub group of Monotremata. Monotremes are the only mammals who lay eggs. They live in Eastern Australia or Tasmania. They are also a poisonous animal, having a spur on their back foot to defend themselves. Incidentally if you ever get stung, morphine does not work! They are solitary animals, but live close by to others of their group.
Hope this helps!
2006-10-26 02:54:32 · answer #6 · answered by Marlene 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mammal
2006-10-26 02:51:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
MAMMALS!
Also called duckbill, or duckbilled platypus, it belongs to the order Monotremata name for members of the primitive mammalian order Monotremata, found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. The only members of this order are the platypus , or duckbilled platypus, the most primitive group of living mammals.
Sorry to disappoint you, there are a lot of smart people here in yahoo. We all gave the correct answer!!
2006-10-26 02:48:06 · answer #8 · answered by greengrapecake 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is a mammal, it is more mammal than it is a bird or any other as it has more characterisitcs relating to mammal;
1) it suckles its young
2) it has fur (not feathers)
3) it is warm blooded
the only reason for people to think erroneously that it is a bird is that it lays eggs!?
;)
2006-10-26 02:49:25 · answer #9 · answered by hussam 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mammal
2006-10-26 02:55:22 · answer #10 · answered by Gyaani 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The platypus is one of the two animals in the order Monotremata. It is the only member of the mammal family Ornithorhynchidae. Platypus is from the Greek platys meaning broad and pous meaning foot, referring to the animal's webbed foot.
2006-10-26 02:45:52 · answer #11 · answered by jofrancisc 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋