This is How These 15 Animals Lay Eggs

nothing quite beats a delicious egg for breakfast and most of us are familiar with hens and what they can produce but it's quite amazing to think that many other animals lay eggs as well and in different ways from an octopus weaving them into strands to ten thousand laid by an eel here are 15 ways that animals lay eggs isn't nature wonderful number 15 corn snake corn snakes make lovely pets and with the right setup they can be as rewarding to own as the average domestic dog or cat they're also an intriguing pet to own because of their reproduction cycle and how they lay eggs female corn snakes will lay one or two clutches of eggs per year with around a dozen eggs in each however some can lay as much as three dozen in each clutch they base their mating schedule around the seasons but it can differ depending on whether they're in captivity or in the wild an ovulating corn snake can be easy to spot as she looks like she's been well fed but the bulge is soft to the touch when she's ready so is the male snake once the mating process has been victorious she will become pregnant pregnancy lasts for around a month and the eggs will hatch within two months if you own a corn snake who's getting ready to lay eggs then prepare a nesting place with warmth and dampness from moss she'll then take care of the rest on her own before we go on like this video smash the subscribe button and click the notification bell right now or this centipede will crawl on your face when you're sleeping [Music] number 14 penguin you've gotta admit penguins are pretty adorable they shuffle around as if they've got some important business to take care of and in fact they do rearing young is some serious business in the penguin world [Applause] [Music] the male will begin his ritual and find the perfect nesting site before finding a female to share his new home with female penguins are mature enough to mate between 3 and 8 years of age once they're paired many penguin species are monogamous and will mate with each other for the entire mating season gen 2 penguins will then pair up again 90 of the time for the rest of their life while chin strap penguins will for around 82 percent of the remaining mating seasons emperor penguins which are the largest in the world lay one egg then go to sea to eat dad stays behind and takes care of the egg he'll rest the egg on his feet and cover it with the warm folds of his skin you may remember seeing it on the hit movie happy feet he'll huddle with other penguins for warmth and he won't eat at all during this time instead he uses up his fat stores while he waits for mom to return once the egg hatches mom comes home and takes over the caring while dad goes off in search of food number 13. crocodile if you thought birds and snakes had an interesting egg-laying process then wait until you learn about the mighty crocodile the mating time can differ between all species but they tend to share the same methods for laying eggs and caring for their young there's around a three-week development process for eggs laid by american crocodiles saltwater crocs on the other hand will take about six weeks to develop their eggs before laying crocodiles can lay up to 90 eggs during this process in that time a few notable things happen to their eggs once fertilized they form a thick albumin around the yolk this is held in shape by a leather-like membrane which then has a shell forming around its outside the embryo then starts to develop in the build-up to the impending egg-laying exercise mama croc will start looking for somewhere suitable to lay her babies she may build a partial nest or even dig a few trial holes then she'll lay her eggs at night by passing them through her cloaca within 40 minutes she'll lay all the eggs cover them in the hole or nest and let them incubate during the 65 to 95 day process she'll remain nearby to keep them safe number 12 octopus for the most part octopuses are solitary animals they live isolated short lives which means they generally only have one shot at parenthood so they do their best to get it right you could go as far as to say that octopuses are great parents to improve their chances of carrying on their line they don't just lay a few eggs but thousands of them imagine trying to care for thousands of infants as a parent her idea of a nightmare once she lays her many thousands of eggs mama octopus will then spend a long time weaving them together in strands after all how could she possibly hope to care for all those eggs separately for weeks months and up to a year she'll then dedicate every waking moment to protecting them she'll make sure they're aerated and free of algae to do so she'll clean them with her suckers and gently blow water over them during this time she barely has time to eat much like human new parents then all at once her beautiful baby's hatch ready to carry on her family line number 11 chameleon chameleons are exciting little critters so it makes sense for how they lay eggs to be quite an exciting process too and not at all how you might think all chameleons lay eggs but different species lay them in different ways confused let us explain oviparous chameleons lay eggs in the ground which is how most reptiles lay eggs as well with or without a male the female chameleon will continue to lay eggs every three or six months without a male they are not fertilized and will not hatch cute little babies if they are fertilized she'll find somewhere special to lay her eggs dig a hole then lay eggs in it after around eight weeks tiny little babies will emerge but if you were talking about ovo viviparous chameleons known as jackson's chameleon the laying process is a bit different they keep the eggs inside their bodies and wait until the embryos are nearly ready to hatch before laying them once she lays them she'll hit them against a tree branch to speed up the hatching process ouch sounds brutal well that's nature for you number 10 platypus platypuses which are primitive mammals known as monotremes aren't exactly the most normal looking animals they have the webbed feet and flat bill of a duck an otter-like furry body and a paddle-shaped tail you're more likely to see on a beaver it's like the earth's creator had left over body parts and decided to just staple them together and form a new animal but aside from their looks the platypus is unusual in other ways it lays eggs platypuses echidnas and spiny anteaters are the only mammals to hatch their young from eggs when a female platypus is ready to have her babies she'll find a nice spot on the riverbank and burrow a hole in the ground in the pit she'll create a little tunnel room where she'll lay one or two eggs she'll then keep them in the area between her rump and tail using her body warmth to keep them warm within 10 days the eggs will hatch and the little babies will nurse from their mom for up to four months around this time the babies also learn to swim number 9. komodo dragon many egg laying animals are done with the whole child rearing thing within a few months and we're sure many parents are envious of them but komodo dragons like humans prepare for their babies for 9 months on average they lay between 24 and 38 eggs every breeding season they tend to breed halfway between the wet and dry seasons which is between august and september when she gets to the point of needing to lay her eggs she'll quite often take over the abandoned nests of mega pode birds otherwise she'll build her own around 6.5 feet into the ground she lays them deep to make sure she can maintain stable moisture and temperatures for her babies for the next nine months she will stay to protect her babies which means she'll often go without food then when the wet season begins and monsoonal rain sweeps in she'll start venturing out a little more to get food the eggs will continue developing for a few months after this period until they are ready to hatch once hatched they must run away fast for their mother or other komodo dragons are quite partial to the taste of them number eight ostrich the ostrich is the heaviest and largest bird in the world so you can only imagine what the size of their eggs are eggs tend to be around 6 inches long and weighing up to 3 pounds as a result they are the largest eggs in the world the breeding season for ostriches is between march and september the dominant male will do a little dance shake his wings and tail feathers and hope to impress his lady friend when they mate the male stretches out a pit for the female to lay her eggs in she'll place up to 10 eggs in that nest but communal nests can have around 5 dozen eggs in them during the mating season mom and dad will take turns incubating the eggs while protecting them from vultures jackals and hyenas around 6 weeks later the chicks are born around the same size as an average chicken and grow around one foot per month [Music] within six months these tiny ostrich babies are nearly as big as their parents and almost as fast too even when they are one month old they can run up to 35 miles per hour number 7 sea turtle how sea turtles lay eggs can differ depending on the species even the frequency of laying can be different some may lay more than one clutch of eggs in a season and some average between two and eight clutches on average they will lay around 110 eggs in a single nest flatback turtles lay the smallest clutch of any sea turtle with 50 eggs hawksbills on the other hand will lay over 200. when it gets close to laying time the female will hit the beach in search of somewhere dark and quiet to lay her eggs she'll then dig with her flippers to create a body pit and an egg chamber before long mama turtle starts to lay her eggs in quick succession until she almost fills the chamber she'll then place sand on top and camouflage it with surface sand to hide her eggs from predators once the job is done she'll return to the sea and will not return to her young they will hatch clamber on the top of their shells to get out and immediately fend for themselves number 6 wolf eel eels may not be the most attractive animals in the kingdom but their egg-laying and baby rearing process is akin to a love story when two wolf eels love each other very much they get together and mate for life the female gets quickly to work creating a den then laying 10 000 eggs within it imagine looking after 10 000 babies for the next 13 to 16 weeks both mama eel and papa eel will take turns guarding the eggs they will then wrap their bodies around all their eggs to make sure no predators can get them before the babies hatch only one parent will go out to feed and then they swap over it's like an everyday human parenting relationship once they hatch the baby woolfields are truly beautiful they are a vibrant bright orange shade with purple coloring but then become gray and brown once they reach adulthood believe it or not the wolfeel isn't actually an eel at all they are fish they have pectoral fins behind their heads which is not something your average marine eel has essentially they're just long skinny fish number five cockroach even if you don't like cockroaches which many people don't it's hard not to find this insect impressive they've been around as long as the dinosaurs can live nearly a month without food and can live up to a week without their heads doesn't get much more impressive than that then you hear about how they lay their eggs and you wonder if it just did rather than lay a single egg they lay multiple but all within a single casing known as oetheka this casing is made within the female roach from a protein substance once it's out of her body it will harden within a few hours and protect the baby roaches from outside threats the number of babies within each oetika can differ for each species what's more some have higher reproductive rates and some reproduce slower so you may find more eggs in one roach's oatheka than another but they may end up producing around the same number of babies each year how the eggs turn into roaches can also differ throughout the species some carry their oethica inside their bodies until the babies are ready to hatch others will put it in a sheltered hiding place for homeowners this can be quite troublesome by the time you realize you've got a roach problem there are dozens of them in your home number four squid becoming a parent is one of the most memorable times of many people's lives but for squid it also signifies the end of their lives the female and male squid get together mate and the female squid will lay her eggs in an egg case squid live as part of a shoal so her egg case usually sits alongside many others which is then anchored to the sea floor in a clump to look at the clump it seems kinda similar to a flower just after mating the father will die then once the female squid has laid her eggs to carry on her line she too will pass most squid species don't live very long around one or two years there are a few long-lived species but they're few and far between but that doesn't mean no one's looking over the eggs once they're laid for some reason male squids tend to be drawn to the eggs the protein of the eggs turns the male squid quite nasty and they will fight any other male squid who try and get near them that's why some divers are wary about getting near eggs as well for they wonder if male squid are nearby number three sicilian sicilians are legless amphibians that just look like giant slick snakes or worms they live in dirt or water and tend to live in networks of underground tunnels where they use their hard pointy skull to dig through the soil depending on the species they have babies in two different ways some female sicilians will lay eggs near water in a wet hole they have created then when the larva hatch they have a short thinned tail for swimming and gills over time one lung replaces those gills and they grow sensory tentacles and the ability to go underground like their parents but not all sicilians are born like that some female sicilians actually give birth to live young that are fully formed inside their mother's body this has stumped many researchers but it's not surprising there are around 120 sicilian species across four continents and they are still hardly discovered scientists don't really know a lot about their lifestyle or habits or why only some of them lay eggs while the others are born fully formed we may never know either number two well you ever find yourself stumbling across those pretty spiral shells on the beach to you they're just a pretty shell but did you know they are home to marine snails known as welks the most common in the welk family is the lightning well this little guy can grow up to about 16 inches long and is different from others like it as it opens from the left but while this snail's shell is quite unique so too is how the snail lays its eggs you might even think you've spotted a discarded snakeskin on the beach welks lay their eggs in unique spiral shaped egg casings that can be as long as 33 inches within that long casing are around 200 small pouches there can be up to 99 eggs protecting the eggs is a job the female welk takes quite seriously she will anchor one end of the string to the bottom of the ocean by doing so she's stopping it from being able to wash onto the shore and dry out but if you're wondering why you've found an egg casing before well some mother welks don't always get it right in some cases the egg casings can break free and end up on the beach anyway number 1. corn shark horn sharks are not a sea creature that you will often come across in the ocean they live on the sea floor and are a type of bull head shark that hang out in rocky reefs crevices algae beds and caves young sharks however tend to live on the sandy bottom of the ocean horned sharks feed on snails crabs sea urchins squid fish and sea stars those aren't entirely unique facts but we'll tell you what is unique how they have their young while most shark species have live young the horn shark lays eggs they will lay two distinctive looking spiral shaped egg casings every fortnight or so between february and april their eggs are camouflaged in their coloring and texture to make them less obvious to predators within six to nine months those eggs will hatch the babies then follow on the same habits and lifestyle as their parents they are inactive during the day active at night and have a brown or gray body with dark spots their head unlike many other sharks is short with ridged eyes and two spined dorsal fins it's crazy to think just how many animals lay eggs and not always the ones you would assume take the platypus for example it's already a unique mammal and not one you would associate with eggs which of these creatures surprised you the most also check out our other cool stuff showing up on screen right now see you next time

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Published: Wed Nov 11 2020