Birds and reptiles hatch from eggs, yet they, too, have these sutures.
Once the eggs hatch, the larvae drop to the ground and burrow into the soil.
Southern stingrays have a gestation period of about six months and the eggs hatch within the mother's body.
Which is odd, for if the larvae from the first hatchings are removed, the second eggs hatch just fine.
Six to eight weeks later, the eggs hatch and the nymphs will burrow into the ground, not to be seen for 17 more years.
The eggs hatch, and the fish eat the larvae.
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She allowed these eggs to hatch, then took samples from the nestlings to see who was the father.
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Moreover the birds frequently varied their attitudes to child care between clutches, overall nurturing twice as many as they abandoned, so most of the eggs did hatch live chicks.
Lady returned to her nest the following year, but her eggs failed to hatch.
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When at last he decided to do his duty, in 2008 and occasionally later, the eggs failed to hatch.
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The farmers then collect the eggs and when they hatch, the caterpillars that emerge are placed on new plants, which must be regularly replaced to satisfy their voracious appetites.
When the wasp larvae hatch, they devour the stink bug eggs and kill them.
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First, worker-laid eggs that occur in other subspecies hatch into males.
He said wet weather makes it harder for the adults to lay eggs, and also washes any larvae away before it can hatch.
How about swiping gulls' eggs from nests and replacing them with fakes, so they never hatch?
Those eggs are deposited in the tree's branches, but when they hatch (which they do two weeks after being laid), the resulting larvae fall to the ground and tunnel down to the tree's roots, from which they suck their sustenance.
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