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What factor in animals limits the length of gestation period?
Gestation period is genetically controlled .
What is the gestation period for a pig and how does it compare to human gestation?
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Dian Fossey lived among gorillas and Jane Goodall lived among chimpanzees to study the habits of these animals?
primatology
Name the mammal that has the shortest gestation period of 8 days?
It is a fallacy that any mammal has a gestation period of 8 days. Two marsupials share the shortest gestation period. The Virginian opossum and the yapok (an unusual, rare water opossum) have a gestation period period of 12-13 days. Several sources cite the Eastern quoll of Australia as also having a gestation period of anywhere between 8 and 13 days, but this is incorrect. The Eastern quoll's gestation period is 20-24 days.
What do plants and animals need to survive in the jungle?
Animals need water and food (which will vary on whether they are Herbivores, Carnivores or Omnivores) to survive.
What is the rhinoceras gestation?
The rhinoceros is among the animals with the longest gestation period and can go up to 5 years, being the possible reason for their limited numbers. Barnabus Sanz bsanz.amanya@gmail.com
What is your animals gestation period of a pincher?
What is a gestation period of a pincher
Who long is the animals longest gestation period?
Elephants have one of the longest gestation period among mammals. They are pregnant for a period of around 22 months. After the 22 month gestation, they giver birth to a calf that is approximately 250 pounds heavy and stands at around 2.5 feet tall
What is gestation period of plankton?
Phytoplankton consists of only plants, and has no gestation period at all, while zooplankton is made up of tiny animals, often the newly hatched young of many marine species. The gestation periods can vary widely, but often falls in the range of anywhere from 7 to 15 days.
What factor in animals limits the length of gestation period?
Gestation period is genetically controlled .
Do all mammals have the same gestation?
Gestation and pregnancy are synonyms, although gestation is generally used for non-human animals (particularly non-pet animals) and pregnancy is generally reserved for humans (and increasingly companion or pet animals).
Do smaller animals have longer gestation periods than bigger animals?
No, it is the other way around. Larger animals, such as elephants, have a longer gestation period than smaller animals, like hamsters.
What is animals gestation period?
it is different for every animal
What animal doesnt have a gestation period?
Only animals which are viviparous (give birth to live offspring) have gestation periods.
What do you call the pregnancy of the animals?
This is called the gestation period in mammals, and pregnancy in humans.
What are gestation periods in animals?
Each animal has a different gestation period. A cat is 50 days and a dog is 63 days.
How long is the gestation period for a cottontail?
It may vary between 28-35 days.
