What animals carries its eggs underneath it body?

Animals tote their babies in a variety of ways — marsupials like kangaroos, koalas and wallabies have specialized pouches that cradle their still-developing infants, while fish, crocodilians and certain mammals often transport their young using their mouths.

1. What animal carries its eggs on its back?
2. Which animal carries egg attached to her neck?
3. Do mice carry babies on their back?
4. Why do scorpions carry their babies on their back?
5. What's an animal that lays eggs and is not a bird?
6. What is the only male animal that gives birth?
7. Do frogs lay eggs on land?
8. Do crocodiles carry their babies in their mouth?
9. What animals carry babies in their mouth?
10. Where do opossums carry their babies?
11. Which animal do not take care of their babies?
12. Do scorpion babies eat their mother?
13. Is a Pseudoscorpion a spider?
14. What animal stays with its mother the longest?

What animal carries its eggs on its back?

Literally. Some South and Central American frogs in the Gastrotheca genus, like the horned marsupial frog, brood their eggs in a pouch under the skin on mom's back. Kids getting under your skin? It's no joke for a female Suriname sea toad — she gives birth to her offspring right out of holes in her back.

Which animal carries egg attached to her neck?

Midwife toads (Alytes) are a genus of frogs in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae), and are found in most of Europe and northwestern Africa. Characteristic of these toad-like frogs is their parental care: the males carry a string of fertilised eggs on their back, hence the name "midwife".

Do mice carry babies on their back?

Turning to animals, Kuroda and her colleagues noted that cats, squirrels, rodents, and some other mammals carry newborns by grasping skin at the nape of their necks in their mouths. While being carried, the young become passive and assume a compact posture, with hind legs drawn to the body.

Why do scorpions carry their babies on their back?

"Newborn scorpions have very soft exoskeletons and cannot sting so they climb onto their mother's back for protection," they captioned the post. "The young scorpions ride on her back until their exoskeletons harden."

What's an animal that lays eggs and is not a bird?

Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs; including the echidna, spiny anteater, and the platypus.

What is the only male animal that gives birth?

Seahorses and their close relatives, sea dragons, are the only species in which the male gets pregnant and gives birth. Male seahorses and sea dragons get pregnant and bear young—a unique adaptation in the animal kingdom. Seahorses are members of the pipefish family.

Do frogs lay eggs on land?

Egg laying on land. Many kinds of frogs lay their eggs on land and subsequently transport the tadpoles to water. The ranid genus Sooglossus of the Seychelles islands and all members of the family Dendrobatidae in the American tropics have terrestrial eggs.

Do crocodiles carry their babies in their mouth?

The mother digs down to the nest and carries her babies to the water in her mouth. Instinct prevents the mother crocodile from closing her jaws, so the young are safe from her large, sharp teeth. A mother crocodile can carry as many as 15 babies in her mouth at once.

What animals carry babies in their mouth?

Animals tote their babies in a variety of ways — marsupials like kangaroos, koalas and wallabies have specialized pouches that cradle their still-developing infants, while fish, crocodilians and certain mammals often transport their young using their mouths.

Where do opossums carry their babies?

Did you know that mother opossums carry their young inside pouches on their mid- to lower abdomen? And as warmer weather sets in, mother opossums and their young are increasingly on the move.

Which animal do not take care of their babies?

Snakes have zero maternal instincts. They never even return to check on what happened to their eggs. Sometimes mother snakes give birth to a live baby snake. Some snakes have the ability to incubate eggs inside their body.

Do scorpion babies eat their mother?

Matriphagy, or mother-eating, is found in some species of insects, scorpions, nematode worms and spiders. ... The mothers provide their spiderlings with unfertilized “nurse” eggs to eat. The young eat the eggs and also, slowly, their mother.

Is a Pseudoscorpion a spider?

Pseudoscorpions are arachnids and are related to spiders, ticks, mites and scorpions. They have oval or teardrop shaped, flattened bodies with two conspicuous pedipalps (pincers). They are reddish or brown.

What animal stays with its mother the longest?

1. African Elephants. Female elephants have the longest gestation period of any mammal (22 months), and after a very long pregnancy mums have no time to rest. Baby elephants are not only born nearly blind but they rely on their trunks and mothers for everything, their mums will usually nurse them for four to six years.