By Josie
December 28, 2022
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Birds are the only known animals on earth with feathers, making them a highly distinctive creation of nature.
The ostrich produces the largest egg.
Females lay eggs in a leaf-covered nest made of soil and plants to provide warmth to the eggs.
The shell of a crocodile egg is thin and leathery, which protects them from drying out in extremely dry atmospheres
Turtles only arrive at the shore to lay their eggs and then return to the water instantly.
Females lay around 110 eggs and cover them with sand, immediately returning to sea without guarding them.
A female lays the eggs in water that are fertilized by the sperm released by the male at the same instant.
A tadpole emerges from the egg around 20 days after undergoing incubation.
A female fish is capable of releasing several thousands of eggs in the water that are fertilized by male sperm immediately as they are released.
However, only a few of these fish mature into adults.
A female lays around 15-30 eggs at a time in her nest and guards them from predators.
Not every species of snake is oviparous. Some species, like rattlesnakes, are ovoviviparous and give live birth.
The number of eggs may vary according to the size of the lizard, ranging from around 35-40 small eggs or a few large eggs.
They are one out of the total five species of mammals that are capable of laying eggs to produce their offspring.
These unique species have a male that gives birth.
The female drops eggs into a pouch found on the male’s abdomen, which are then fertilized by the male and left for incubation.