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Can mammals lay eggs?
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![The duck-billed platypus](../../../images/qa2c05f77.jpg) | The duck-billed platypus | Most mammals give birth to live young, but there are some mammals - the monotremes - that lay eggs the way birds and reptiles do. The platypus and the echidna are both examples of monotremes.
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Book:
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Land Mammals
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