What animals can be hatched out of an egg?

Many animals hatch from eggs, and usually you can group those animals by class. Almost all reptiles, amphibians, and fish come from eggs. But, while most mammals have a live birth, there are two mammals that do lay eggs instead.

1. What are the 5 mammals that lay eggs?
2. What animal lays an egg but is not a bird?
3. Which animals lay eggs and give birth?
4. Does frog lay egg?
5. What animals dont lay eggs?
6. Do crocodiles lay eggs?
7. What are the 3 mammals that lay eggs?
8. Do snake lay eggs?
9. What are 4 animals that lay eggs?
10. What are lizard eggs?
11. What are snake eggs?
12. Do squirrels lay eggs?
13. How do chameleons lay eggs?
14. Does a fish lay eggs?
15. Are dolphins lay eggs?
16. Do shark lay eggs?
17. Do any mammals lay eggs?

What are the 5 mammals that lay eggs?

Only five species of animals share this extraordinary egg-laying trait: the duck-billed platypus, western long-beaked echidna, eastern long-beaked echidna, short-beaked echidna, and Sir David's long-beaked echidna. All of these monotremes are only found in either Australia or New Guinea.

What animal lays an egg but is not a bird?

Most amphibians, snakes, and fish lay eggs, however there are some exceptions, like boas and vipers. Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs; including the echidna, spiny anteater, and the platypus.

Which animals lay eggs and give birth?

Mammals. As for us mammals, only two types lay eggs: the duck-billed platypus and the echidna.

Does frog lay egg?

Most frogs and toads begin life as eggs floating in the water. A female may release up to 30,000 eggs at once. Each species of toad and frog lays eggs at different times. ... Frogs lay them in clusters, or large globs.

What animals dont lay eggs?

Birds, insects, reptiles and fishes are oviparous animals. Animals which reproduce by giving birth to their young ones are called viviparous animals. These animals do not lay eggs. Mammals like cat, dog and man are viviparous animals.

Do crocodiles lay eggs?

Although the majority of American crocodiles in Florida Bay deposit their eggs within holes, some individuals build mound nests. ... A single female typically lays a clutch of between 30 and 60 eggs that incubate for 80 and 90 days.

What are the 3 mammals that lay eggs?

These three groups are monotremes, marsupials, and the largest group, placental mammals. Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs. The only monotremes that are alive today are the spiny anteater, or echidna, and the platypus. They live in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea.

Do snake lay eggs?

Answer: No! While snakes are known for laying eggs, not all of them do so! Some do not externally lay eggs, but instead produce young by eggs that are hatched internally (or inside) the body of the parent. Animals that are able to give this version of live birth are known as ovoviviparous.

What are 4 animals that lay eggs?

Birds and fish are not the only animals that lay eggs. Insects, turtles, lizards, and reptiles lay eggs, too. Only two mammals lay eggs: the platypus and the echidna. All other mammals give birth to live babies.

What are lizard eggs?

Most lizards reproduce by laying eggs. ... A clutch of four to eight eggs may be considered typical, but large lizards such as the iguanas may lay 50 or more eggs at one time. Lizard eggs are usually leathery-shelled and porous; they can expand by the absorption of moisture as the embryos grow.

What are snake eggs?

Snake eggs are oblong-shaped and have rubbery shells that are pliable. They don't have hard shells like bird eggs because snakes are cold-blooded reptiles that don't need to incubate their eggs.

Do squirrels lay eggs?

Squirrels are mammals so that means that they give birth like humans and dogs and cats . Squirrels do not lay eggs.

How do chameleons lay eggs?

A female chameleon won't just lay her eggs anywhere. In the wild she will find a secluded spot of damp dirt, dig a hole, lay her eggs and then bury them meticulously before leaving them to incubate and hatch.

Does a fish lay eggs?

The methods of reproduction in fishes are varied, but most fishes lay a large number of small eggs, fertilized and scattered outside of the body. The eggs of pelagic fishes usually remain suspended in the open water. Many shore and freshwater fishes lay eggs on the bottom or among plants.

Are dolphins lay eggs?

Like every mammal, dolphins are warm blooded. ... Other characteristics of dolphins that make them mammals rather than fish are that they give birth to live young rather than laying eggs and they feed their young with milk.

Do shark lay eggs?

There are over 500 species of shark living in waters around the world and the majority give birth to live young. The remainder are oviparous, meaning they lay eggs. Around 40 to 50 different shark species live permanently in or regularly visit the waters surrounding Britain.

Do any mammals lay eggs?

Only two kinds of egg-laying mammals are left on the planet today—the duck-billed platypus and the echidna, or spiny anteater. These odd “monotremes” once dominated Australia, until their pouch-bearing cousins, the marsupials, invaded the land down under 71 million to 54 million years ago and swept them away.