2007-02-07 09:21:14 · 7 answers · asked by angl0327 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
No, thats a kangaroo that has a pouch
2007-02-07 09:25:19 · answer #1 · answered by f_jayce 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
The platypus is found in eastern Australia. They live aside freshwater rivers or lakes, and create burrows for shelter and protection. They are active mainly at nighttime hours, and use their webbed feet for swimming. When swimming the platypus has its eyes shut. They swim underwater for 2 minutes, before returning to the surface for oxygen. They can however stay underwater for up to 10 minutes, and due to their natural buoyancy, they need to be underneath another object to do this.
The Platypus has a wooly furred coat and range from 30cm to 45cms in length and the tail about 10 to 15 cm. The wooly furred coat actually has three different layers. The first layer keeps the animal warm, by trapping air, the second layer which provides an insulating coat for the animal, and lastly the third layer of long flat hairs to detect objects close by. These creatures weight on average between 1 to 2.4 kilograms. They have an average lifespan of 12 years.
If you thought this was a cute and cuddly Australian animal, well, you are only half correct. The male platypus have a hollow spur about 15 milimetres in length on the inside of both hind legs. This in turn is connected to a venom gland, and the platypus uses this spur to defend itself against predators
well they don't have a pouch.
2007-02-07 09:32:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is hard. How do I connect Alchemy with your experiment?If there is something in the kangaroo's pouch that will sustain eternal life for the platypus, I guess you would eventually have a very old platypus wearing the the skin of a dead kangaroo.Smelly! (Figure out the how to sustain life forever...the gold will follow)
2016-03-18 01:44:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO it is not a marsupial.. it's a MONOTREME, which means it lays eggs.The eggs develop in the uterus for about 28 days and then undergo 10 days of external incubation. After laying her eggs, the female curls around them, she does not have a pouch.
2007-02-07 10:36:59 · answer #4 · answered by anna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Platypuses are monotremes. Along with marsupials and placental mammals they are all mammals. Only the marsupials have pouches.
2007-02-07 11:07:56 · answer #5 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it does not.
unless you're refering to cheek-pouches.
Which it uses to carry prey to the surface where they are eaten
It is definitely NOT a marsupial.
"The Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semi-aquatic MAMMAL endemic to eastern Australia and Tasmania."
2007-02-07 09:24:43 · answer #6 · answered by Michael Dino C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is a marsupial therefore it has a pouch.
2007-02-07 09:25:47 · answer #7 · answered by tanner_nathan_69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋