Many animal groups have some species that lay eggs and others that give birth to living young. Some fish, amphibians and even mammals use both systems. As for mammals there are only two species that lay eggs: the
duck-billed platypus and the echidna
, which is a spiny mammal native to Australia.
Which group of animals is born alive?
Mammals
are a group of animals (vertebrates) that have backbones and hair or fur. They are warm-blooded (endothermic), and they have four-chambered hearts. They also feed their young with milk from the mother’s body. The young of most mammals are born alive.
Which animal is born alive by its mother?
Viviparous animals
are those whose embryos develop in their mother’s body, where they receive nutrition directly from the parent (usually through a placenta), and who thus give birth to live young.
Are bird born alive or in eggs?
have the same approach to motherhood: every one lays eggs.
No bird gives birth to live young
. Birds quickly form and lay an egg covered in a protective shell that is then incubated outside the body.
What animal lays eggs that is not a bird?
The platypus
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a puzzling array of features. Not only does it have that iconic duck bill, it lays eggs like a bird or reptile but feeds milk to its young like a mammal.
What animals are not born alive?
Only
birds, turtles, and crocodilians bear
no live young at all.
Which animal lays eggs and gives milk?
Platypus
are monotremes – a tiny group of mammals able to both lay eggs and produce milk. They don’t have teats, instead they concentrate milk to their belly and feed their young by sweating it out.
What animals can have twins?
Identical twins, although rare, do occur in other animal species, including
horses, cattle, pigs, and even armadillos
. In some of these species, the occurrence of identical twins often comes the concern of conjoined twins, most notably in cattle.
How are baby animals born?
Animals have distinct ways of giving birth. Depending on the species, babies can come from the
male or female
, and the process of laying and hatching eggs varies widely.
What is the only male animal that gives birth?
In all of the vast animal kingdom spanning the planet,
seahorses
(and their pipefish and sea dragon relatives) are the only species whose male members give birth to young.
Can pregnant birds fly?
Pregnancy is a mammal thing. Birds, which need to stay light in order to fly, can’t be weighed down with things growing inside of them. That’s why
they lay eggs
. … I can’t imagine a bird would be very good at swooping through the air while carrying pouches filled with warm milk.
Do birds know their siblings?
Most birds do not recognize their family members after their first year
. There are exceptions to this, especially among social birds such as cranes, crows, and jays. Canada Geese also remember their parents, and may even rejoin their parents and siblings during winter and on migration.
What animal come from eggs?
Birds and fish are not the only animals that lay eggs. Insects, turtles, lizards, and reptiles lay eggs, too. Only two mammals lay eggs:
the platypus and the echidna
. All other mammals give birth to live babies.
Is Snake give egg or baby?
The answer in short is no.
Most snakes lay eggs
, but there are some families of snakes that do not. Some snakes lay eggs and others give birth to live young.
What animal produces eggs once a year?
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What animal has 8 hearts?
Explanation: Currently, there is no animal with that amount of hearts. But
Barosaurus
was a huge dinosaur which needed 8 hearts to circulate blood upto it’s head. Now, the maximum number of hearts is 3 and they belong to the Octopus.
