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- Which animals produce numerous eggs?
- What animal lays 1000 eggs at once?
- Which animal lays the largest number of eggs?
- Why do some animals produce multiple eggs?
- What animal laid the first egg?
- What are the 5 mammals that lay eggs?
- What animal reproduces the quickest?
- What animals lay hard shelled eggs?
- What animal that lays eggs that's not a bird?
- Do any mammals lay eggs?
- What are the 3 mammals that lay eggs?
- Why do animals give birth to babies that look like them?
- What animal can get pregnant by itself?
- Which animals have litters?
Which animals produce numerous eggs?
Insects are no slouches when it comes to reproduction and the African driver ant, which can produce 3 to 4 million eggs every 25 days, is thought to be the most generous of all.
What animal lays 1000 eggs at once?
Animals like frogs and fish lay hundreds of eggsand release millions of sperms.
Which animal lays the largest number of eggs?
OSTRICH. The ostrich is the biggest bird. It lays the largest eggs of any animal.
Why do some animals produce multiple eggs?
Sometimes, an individual mother will give birth to a much larger or smaller number of babies than is typical for her species. This often correlates with the amount of food the mother has been able to accumulate prior to breeding. Some species exhibit varying fecundity among populations living in different locations.
What animal laid the first egg?
Back to our original question: with amniotic eggs showing up roughly 340 million or so years ago, and the first chickens evolving at around 58 thousand years ago at the earliest, it's a safe bet to say the egg came first. Eggs were around way before chickens even existed.
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 reproduces the quickest?
What's the fastest reproducing animal? Short answer: The peregrine falcon. Top speed breeding animals (source: Fastest animals - Wikipedia): Bird — Peregrine falcon (389 km/h (242 mph)), vertical (dive). Bat — Mexican free-tailed bat (160 km/h (99 mph)), horizontal. Fish — Black marlin (132 km/h (82 mph)).
What animals lay hard shelled eggs?
Fish, amphibian and reptile eggs
While many reptiles lay eggs with flexible, calcified eggshells, there are some that lay hard eggs. Eggs laid by snakes generally have leathery shells which often adhere to one another. Depending on the species, turtles and tortoises lay hard or soft eggs.
What animal that lays eggs that's 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.
Do any mammals lay eggs?
Mammals. As for us mammals, only two types lay eggs: the duck-billed platypus and the echidna.
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.
Why do animals give birth to babies that look like them?
The reason that some animals lay eggs is because that is more beneficial to them than than it is to give birth to a live offspring. ... Millions of years ago, every animal laid eggs, and slowly, they evolved to give birth to live babies based on what would help them survive best.
What animal can get pregnant by itself?
The boa constrictor, monitor lizard and Komodo dragon are both capable of becoming pregnant without male fertilization, by parthenogenesis.
Which animals have litters?
Kittens and puppies are in this group. Carnivorans, rodents, and pigs usually have litters, while primates and larger herbivores usually have singletons.
