Duck-Billed Platypus

This Australian animal is a monotreme, the name for the only egg-laying mammals. Platypuses eat while in the water, usually at night. The female lays 1-3 eggs and cares for the young. The male has a spur on each hind leg that releases poison.

• | Author: Rebecca Woodbury Ph. D.
• | Publisher: Real Science-4-Kids
• | Publication Date: Mar 17, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 26 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1950415694
• | ISBN-13: 9781950415694