Here are three playful ways to say it for a 6-year-old:
- "The silly platypus lays tiny eggs like a bird — then it cuddles its babies and feeds them milk like a mama!"
- "Imagine an animal that lays eggs and also gives milk — that’s the platypus! Eggs first, then milk-time snuggles."
- "Platypus surprise! It lays eggs, and when the babies hatch, mama platypus gives them milk so they grow big and strong."