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Is duckbill platypus an ovoviviparous

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wats the mechanism of egg laying in duckbill platypus?is it ovoviviparous?

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  1. No, the duck-billed platypus is oviparous. It lays eggs, which hatch after a short incubation period. Ovoviviparous animals retain their eggs inside their bodies until they hatch, when they expel the live young from their bodies. Snakes such as boas and pit vipers are examples of this. All mammals except the monotremes (the platypus and echidnas) are viviparous, giving birth to live young that have been nourished directly by the mother's body. In marsupials these young are born at a very early stage, and complete their development in the mother's pouch.


  2. No, the platypus is oviparous, it lays eggs and then they hatch.

  3. Ovoviviparous animals retain and hatch eggs internally.  As the first person correctly states, the platy doesn't do that.  Therefore, it isn't ovoviviparous.

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