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The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), [4] sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, [5] is a semiaquatic, egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. The platypus is the sole living representative or monotypic taxon of its family Ornithorhynchidae and genus Ornithorhynchus , though a number of related species ...
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Platypuses are peculiar animals native to Australia. They have a bill like a duck, lay eggs like chickens, swim like beavers and produce milk like cows.
Large clutch sizes indicate two females laying eggs in the one nest. It appears that a female will sometimes parasitise another's efforts at incubation, described as "facultative parasitism", by laying "dump clutches" in nests other than her own. [3] There is also some evidence of the duck laying its eggs in nests occupied by other water-birds. [9]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 December 2024. Species of bird Mandarin duck Temporal range: Pleistocene – Present, 0.8 – 0 Mya Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Male and female mandarin ducks at Martin Mere, UK Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum ...
In most species, only the female incubates the eggs. The young are precocial, and are able to feed themselves from birth. [3] One aberrant species, the black-headed duck, is an obligate brood parasite, laying its eggs in the nests of gulls and coots. While this species never raises its own young, a number of other ducks occasionally lay eggs in ...
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Like many ducks, common pochards suffer a high rate of parasitic egg-laying, a behaviour also known as egg dumping. Studies have shown that as many as 89% of nests in some areas contain one or more eggs not laid by the incubating female. [22] [23] The percentage of parasitic eggs may reach as high as 37% of all eggs laid in some populations. [23]