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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 days ago

Celebrate Mother's Day with nine bold, beautiful and bizarre animal moms

When young crocodiles are ready to hatch, they let out calls that sound a bit like a sci-fi laser sound effect. When a mother crocodile hears those calls, she'll dig out the nest in preparation for her babies' arrival.
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fromDefector
2 months ago

Newly Poly Plover Dad Still Figuring Out His Time Management | Defector

A male white-faced plover in China simultaneously maintained relationships with two females, who both laid eggs in the same nest, representing rare nonmonogamous behavior in a typically monogamous bird species.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

If it's cold, they stop mating': New York City rat population may be on the decline

New York City's severe winter may temporarily reduce the rat population by disrupting mating cycles, as cold temperatures cause rats to cease reproduction to protect vulnerable offspring.
fromMail Online
7 months ago

Women could soon have 'virgin births' WITHOUT men, experts say

Known by scientists as 'parthenogenesis', this natural form of asexual reproduction lets healthy offspring develop from a female's unfertilised eggs. Only last month, a female lizard at a zoo near Birmingham gave birth to eight hatchlings, despite never having been in contact with a male. But virgin births have already occurred in a wide range of animals such as sharks, snakes, crocodiles, crustaceans, scorpions and wasps.
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