Does a platypus nurse its young?

Answer 1

Yes, but a young platypus feeds differently to either marsupials or placental mammals. The mother has large glands under the skin from which she secretes the milk. The milk ends up on the mother's fur, and it from this that the young platypus feeds. The milk still contains all the nutrients required for the young platypus, as it a couple of months before the baby is ready to hunt for food on the bottom of the river.

Answer 2

Yes; platypus young feed on mothers' milk which is secreted via glands through the platypus's fur, rather than teats. It then runs into grooves on the mother's abdomen, and the young platypuses drink from these grooves.

Answer 3

Yes: baby platypuses suckle from the female platypus. Platypuses are mammals, and like all mammals, they nurture their young on mothers' milk. Platypuses and echidnas (the only egg-laying mammals) do not have teats for the young to suckle, but instead the milk oozes from pores on the mother's abdomen and runs down grooves, for the young platypus to drink.

Answer 4

Yes. Platypuses are mammals (although unusual egg-laying mammals) and, like all mammals, they feed their young on mothers' milk.

The platypus does not suckle its young quite like other mammals do. It does not have nipples, but it exudes milk from specialised sweat glands on its abdomen.

Answer 5

Yes, but a young platypus feeds differently to either marsupials or placental mammals. The mother has large glands under the skin from which she secretes the milk. The milk ends up on the mother's fur, and it from this that the young platypus feeds. The milk still contains all the nutrients required for the young platypus, as it a couple of months before the baby is ready to hunt for food on the bottom of the river.

Answer 6

Yes they nurse their young for about 3 months before the baby can swim and hunt on their own. they sweat it from glands under their skin.

Answer 7

Baby platypuses feed on mothers' milk, but the mother does not have teats. Instead, she secretes her milk through glands on her underside, and the young platypus feeds on that.

Answer 8

Yes. Platypuses are mammals, and like all mammals, they nurture their young with mothers' milk.

Answer 9

Yes.