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What special type of egg do reptiles have?
Reptile eggs are soft-shelled so that the babies can break out of the shells. Bird eggs are hard-shelled, because baby birds use their beaks to crack the shells of their eggs, but since reptiles don't have beaks to use to break their shells, their eggs have to be soft-shelled.
What types of eggs do reptiles lay?
Reptile eggs are soft-shelled - as opposed to the calcified shell of a birds egg.
Soft shelled eggs found in sand what could they be?
Soft-shelled eggs found in sand could belong to reptiles such as turtles or lizards. These animals typically bury their eggs in sand to provide protection and incubation until they hatch. Soft-shelled eggs may indicate a lack of proper nutrients during egg formation or improper incubation conditions.
Do alligators lay jellied eggs?
alligators lay their eggs in a little hole
Why reptiles lay soft shelled eggs on land?
Reptiles and birds produce eggs that are self-contained so far as liquids are concerned. They have hard or leathery shells that are mostly impermeable to water (although they cannot survive for long if submerged). The shells of amphibians are permeable, and must be in water at least part of the time or they will dry out, causing the embryo to die from dehydration.
What special type of egg do reptiles have?
Reptile eggs are soft-shelled so that the babies can break out of the shells. Bird eggs are hard-shelled, because baby birds use their beaks to crack the shells of their eggs, but since reptiles don't have beaks to use to break their shells, their eggs have to be soft-shelled.
Are platypus eggs hard or squishy?
Platypus eggs are not hard-shelled, like birds' eggs. They are soft-shelled and leathery.
Which animal produces a hard shell egg that matures outsind the mother?
Reptiles, particularly turtles, produce hard-shelled eggs that mature outside the mother. These eggs are typically laid in nests on land, where they undergo incubation until they hatch. The hard shell provides protection to the developing embryo from environmental conditions and predators. Other animals, such as birds, also produce hard-shelled eggs, but the question specifically pertains to reptiles.
Is a bird's egg leathery?
No, they are usually hard-shelled. Snakes eggs are leathery.
What type of egg would a desert animal lay?
Birds lay normal, hard-shelled eggs while reptiles usually lay eggs with a leathery shell that is flexible.
What is an egg shell of an animal?
Monotremes are egg-laying mammals, and their eggs are not hard-shelled, but leathery. The monotremes include the platypus and echidna.Reptiles also lay rubbery/leathery eggs.
Reptiles are much more extensively adapted to life on land than amphibians in that reptiles?
lay shelled eggs
What are the different types of snake eggs?
There are two main types of snake eggs: hard-shelled eggs and soft-shelled eggs. Hard-shelled eggs have a tough outer layer, while soft-shelled eggs have a more flexible outer layer. Both types of eggs are laid by female snakes and are incubated until they hatch.
Which animal is born from a hard shelled egg?
Sounds like a reptile to me.
What is a hard shelled reptiles that lives only on land?
tortiose
What types of eggs do reptiles lay?
Reptile eggs are soft-shelled - as opposed to the calcified shell of a birds egg.
Do fish lay eggs hard shelled?
No, their eggs are soft. Caviar is fish eggs.
