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Title: True of False: A characteristic of mammals is that all mammals give live birth to fully developed offspring?
Post by: dcarrill on May 20, 2013
Please give examples if possible.


Title: True of False: A characteristic of mammals is that all mammals give live birth to fully developed offspring?
Post by: __Aycee on May 20, 2013
Yes - it's called being a "placental mammal".


Title: True of False: A characteristic of mammals is that all mammals give live birth to fully developed offspring?
Post by: darmin on May 20, 2013
No, this is false! A platypus lays eggs, which would not be full developed live young. Another example are marsupials, like the kangaroo. These young are born live but not fully developed.


Title: Re: True of False: A characteristic of mammals is that all mammals give live birth to fully develope
Post by: mandy! on May 28, 2013
true...