• Question: is there a mammal that can lay eggs? :3

    Asked by sara01484 to Indi, Jarv, John, Ken, Vicky on 15 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Vicky Young

      Vicky Young answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      YES!

      The monotremes are mammels which lay eggs. In fact they are the only mammals which lay eggs, all other mammal give birth to their young and include the platypus and four species of echidnas (or spiny anteaters).

      However scientists are debating if these species are true mammals because they lay eggs and because they are unsure of their evolutionary ancestors.

    • Photo: John Prytherch

      John Prytherch answered on 20 Mar 2012:

      I saw a duck billed platypus in the wild once in Tasmania, thought it was a rat at first, was very exciting!

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