Platypus and echidna are the only living mammals that can lay eggs.
Was it easy to answer the question? Then, you are really keen on biology as few people remember that there are only two living animals of the kind: platypus and echidna. It is interesting that these animals appeared on our planet more than 20 (or even 50!) million years ago.
Platypus
Echidna
What are your thoughts on this subject?
101 Comments
Rob Blomquist
The platypus is NOT extinct.
goosenbuster
For intelligent ppl this site has its fair share of immaturity and nastiness. Grow up. Be nice.
jerryj
Not at all. As of 2014, platypuses are not even endangered. The platypus is a protected species, and its current conservation status is Least Concern.
Ray Nutzhorn
Jay Findley needs to put down the video games & open a BOOK!
Rob Bowman
Easy question for Aussies as they are native to our country. They are known as monotremes. I have encountered many Echidnas.
Platypus are are rare to encounter and you will generally only see their work building their nesting sites than the animal itself. It doeshas a nasty venomous spur on its hind leg. So it fits in well with the rest of our natives.
Gary Brown
to Clark:Armadillos do not lay eggs because they are mammals who give birth to live young.
To Helen..both of the animals are mammals..a warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, females that secrete milk for the nourishment of the young,.and the question rightly asks a True or False and it is true that they are the only
mammalian species still in existance that lay eggs.
goosenbuster
Rob Blomquist, nowhere does it say platypus is extinct. Reread the question.
Donald Congleton
Rob Blomquist, Nobody said they were
Belinda Goswell
Rob Blomquist, didn't say they were extinct
Omar Mung
please no more platypus questions
Gwenevere
luty, penguins are birds, not mammals.
Gwenevere
Dawn Hubbard, chickens are not mammals.
Cheryl Love
True/false questions are always true. Too easy.
hazelphyllis
luty, They are birds
hazelphyllis
Rob Blomquist, It said "Living" mammals. Neither of them are extinct!
Conrado De Leon
Not the only ones. SeverrL POLITICIANS HAVE DONE THE SAME, REPEATEDLY l o l
Dawn Hubbard
Oh well, they are birds!! Sorry!
Dawn Hubbard
What about chickens???
grahamcarla
Rob Blomquist, it wasn't said they are now extinct.
Irene Townsend
Rob Blomquist, Who say that they were extinct??
Vaughan Smith
I couldn't quite tell whether the mammal in the photo was a platypus or an echidna. (Having lived in Africa & Australia, I've often seen all three animals). Its over a month now since I last saw a platypus.
Nikki Proctor
luty, Penguins are birds
Nikki Proctor
George Massih, Birds are not mammals, they belong to the group Aves