Alligator eggs have to be able to survive things like floods and predators. Female alligators lay an average of 32 to 46 eggs per year and out of those, only around 24 will survive long enough to hatch.
most of the eggs will not survive ...
Tadpoles are not likely to survive. That is the reason frogs lay so many eggs. By laying that many eggs, they increase the odds that a few will survive to adulthood.
rattlesnakes give live birth, Do not lay eggs.
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If 5 out of every 100 eggs survive to adulthood, this means that 5% of the eggs hatch and survive. Therefore, if the fish lays 5000 eggs, 5% of 5000 or 250 eggs will survive to adulthood.
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Because it increases the chance that the animals offspring survive into adulthood, if there are more eggs, there is more chance that one will not be predated on and survive.
fish eggs and young fish tend to have many predators that want to eat them so many of them don't survive. By laying large amounts of eggs, adult fish increases the probabilty that one of those eggs will survive to grow into a full grown fish and reproduce.
Many animals lay hundreds of eggs in the hope that at least a few of them will survive to adulthood.
Many animals lay hundreds of eggs in the hope that at least a few of them will survive to adulthood.
Because it increases the chance that the animals offspring survive into adulthood, if there are more eggs, there is more chance that one will not be predated on and survive.
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