Sentences with phrase «clutches than the younger ones»

In his decades of research at the E.S. George Reserve, Congdon found that the oldest female Blanding's turtles he captured had more egg clutches than the younger ones, as well as more eggs per clutch.

Not exact matches

Although the novel The Hobbit reads younger than the LOTR epics, this tale (actually the first of three movies based on the slim book) of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) and his adventures with a clutch of dwarfs fighting to regain their kingdom isn't one for junior audiences.