Monotremes

Monotremes
Habitat	Land
Type	Life
Generator Stats
Base Cost	Entropy 4e26
Base Production	Entropy 5.92e23
Max Efficiency	x3,640
Requires	Sprawling Limbs 1.5e9 Monotremes Glitch
Chronology
Previous	Cetaceans
Next	Feliform

Monotremes are the 6th generator in the mammal tech tree.

Design

The Monotreme looks like an echidna, probably a Short-beaked Echidna.

Description

"Monotremes are a rare group of mammals that give birth to eggs but nurse their young with milk. The only types of monotremes that currently exist are the platypus and various species of echidna."

Upgrades

Monotremes has 4 upgrades, increasing the generator efficiency with a total x3,640 multiplier.

Icon	Name	Description	Cost	Efficiency	Requires
	Venomous Spurs	Platypi are one of the few species of venomous mammals. Male platypi have a spur on their feet that can deliver a painful dose of venom to their attacker.	Entropy 2.31e38	300%	Monotremes
	Toothless	Modern adult monotremes have no teeth. Juvenile platypi are known to have proto-molars, but they shed them by the time they mature. Instead, monotremes have beaks, like birds.	Entropy 1.81e39	600%	Monotremes
	Platypus	A small, furry creature with a distinctive beak and flippers, the platypus is one of the only species of egg-laying mammals. Like sharks, platypi are able to track their prey by sensing the electrical currents of their bodies.	Entropy 4.89e40	900%	Venomous Spurs Toothless
	Echidna	Echidnas are small, solitary animals covered in fur and spines. They have powerful claws which they use to dig for ants and termites, which they eat with their long tongue.	Entropy 2.32e41	1,200%	Toothless Platypus

Achievements

Icon	Name	Description	Requires
	It's All Greek to Me	In Greek mythology, Echidna is a monster who is half-woman and half-snake. The first discoverers of the animal echidna thought that it had qualities both mammalian and reptilian in nature, and named it after the famous monster.	25 Monotremes
	Platypus Plausability	The Platypus is notable for its odd appearance, with its bill, webbed feet, fur, and flat tail. When scientists first examined a preserved body in 1799, they assumed it was a hoax created by stitching different animals together.	50 Monotremes
	Elderly Echidnas	Monotremes have relatively long lifespans for small mammals. Both echidnas and platypi live for an average of 16 years, though the oldest reported echidna lived to be 50!	100 Monotremes
	Nippled and Dimed	Monotremes do not have nipples. Instead, they lactate through their skin from mammary glands under the dermis.	150 Monotremes
	Ancient Ancestors	Monotremes diverged from the mammalian lineage all the way back in the Mesozoic Era, with the oldest known monotreme fossils dating back 110 million years. This was before marsupials evolved, and before eutherians became the dominant type of mammals on Earth.	250 Monotremes