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Science Mammals
Question | Answer |
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Monotremes Young Develop 1 | Lay eggs with a tuff leathery shell |
Monotremes Young Develop 2 | Incubate Eggs |
Monotremes After "Birth" Young Nourished by | Lack Nipples, Milk Collectors, So their young lick the fur on their mother's Mammary Glands, where milk is "sweated" out |
Monotremes Example | Duck Billed Platypus |
Monotremes Other Facts | monotreme means "One Opening" |
Marsupial Young Develop 1 | Young Develop for a short time inside Mother |
Marsupial Young Develop 2 | Baby Emerges "Honey Bee Sized" and Climbs to pouch |
Marsupial After "Birth" Young Nourished by | And Latches on to a nipple inside the pouch, Young also develop in pouch |
Marsupial Example | Possum, Kangaroo, etc.. |
Placentals Young Develop 1 | Young Develop for a longer time inside Mother's Uterus |
Placentals Young Develop 2 | Young Nourighed by a Placenta thru the Umbilical Cord |
Placentals After "Birth" Young Nourished by | After birth, young nurse on mothers's nipples. |
Placentals Example | Potbellied Pig, Whale, Unicorn, Human, etc |
Placentals Other facts | After birth, the Placenta exists the body. Therefore, the Placenta is also called the "After Birth" |
4 common charachteristics of mammals | 1. All have mammary glands which make milk to nourish young 2. All have hair and or fur 3. Almost all have specialized teeth 4. All care for their young |