Are reptiles born alive or in eggs?
As a rule, reptiles lay eggs, while mammals deliver young through live birth. According to new research, however, this distinction is a bit more fluid than most assume—for reptiles, at least.
What animal hatches from an egg?
From Egg to Animal
- Most snakes come from eggs. Female snakes lay eggs on the ground.
- Birds come from eggs. Most birds lay eggs in a nest.
- This mammal lays eggs. This is an echidna.
- Most frogs come from eggs. Frogs live on land and in water.
- Did You Know? The ostrich is the biggest bird.
- Think!
Which animals lay eggs and give birth?
Mammals give birth to live young, are warm-blooded (can regulate their own body temperature) and are vertebrates with internal skeletons. Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs rather than bear live young. Three species of monotremes still exist: the platypus and the short-beaked and long-beaked echidna.
Are mammals born alive or in eggs?
Most mammals give birth to live young, but a few (the monotremes) lay eggs. Live birth also occurs in some non-mammalian species, such as guppies and hammerhead sharks; thus it is not a distinguishing characteristic of mammals.
What animal lays eggs that is not a bird?
Most amphibians, snakes, and fish lay eggs, however there are some exceptions, like boas and vipers. Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs; including the echidna, spiny anteater, and the platypus.
Is Snake give egg or baby?
Answer: No! While snakes are known for laying eggs, not all of them do so! Some do not externally lay eggs, but instead produce young by eggs that are hatched internally (or inside) the body of the parent. Animals that are able to give this version of live birth are known as ovoviviparous.
Do snakes bury their eggs?
Most snakes lay eggs and do not give birth to live young. The female lays the eggs underground in loose soil or sand, which acts as a natural incubator.
What animal gives birth out of its mouth?
gastric-brooding frog
What kind of creature is that which dies after giving birth to a baby?
Octopuses are semelparous animals, which means they reproduce once and then they die. After a female octopus lays a clutch of eggs, she quits eating and wastes away; by the time the eggs hatch, she dies.