T of L: Arriving

Question 1

For tree frogs:
1. Where do they lay eggs?
2. How are the eggs laid?
3. Why are the eggs laid there?
4. How do young hatch?

Answer 1

1. In trees
2. Eggs are laid between 2 leaves with a gel substance gluing them and the eggs altogether.
3. Eggs are in trees over water to avoid depredation from fish.
4. Tadpoles hatch and gel dissolves so that tadpoles fall into water.

Question 2

For mallee fowl:
1. How do they make nests?
2. Who monitors the nest and how?
3. How is chick born?
4. What supports the chick all that time?

Answer 2

1. They dig holes and bury egg with leaf litter that warms as it decays.
2. Male monitors with his beak and adds or takes away sand as needed.
3. Chick is born under the mound and must dig its way out.
4. Huge yolk sack supports the chick up to 48 days until it frees itself.

Question 3

For pipefish:
1. How does male get pregnant?
2. How are babies born?

Answer 3

1. Male has sticky stomach that eggs stick to, then his skin grows around the eggs.
2. Babies emerge from a slit in the skin.

Question 4

For hyenas:
1. Where are babies born?

Answer 4

1. In a protective den.