Sentences with phrase «lay their eggs during»

A number of tribes of Australian Aboriginals believe that the World was created by a great snake shaking and laying an egg during the dreamtime.

In other frogs, females usually lay eggs during the male - female embrace (amplexus) and males simultaneously release sperms that fertilize the eggs during this process.

This beach is most well - known as a place where the declining population of leatherback turtles comes to nest, with many coming on shore to lay eggs during the nesting season.

This is the starting point to get transportation further more to reach the beaches of Awala Yalimapo to see turtles laying eggs during the night.

Not exact matches

I agree with this comment, as well as with the others on industrial agriculture, though I do want to mention that there are small town, local and organic farmers out there who treat animals and the environment well — while I do not support the dairy or egg industry, I love to see our friend Bob's hens running around wild, pecking at bugs, etc. and we will eat those eggs, which are seasonal because hens naturally lay more during certain times of the year.

Ms Kos slammed a provision in the draft standard which claimed that free range eggs are «laid by hens that had meaningful and regular access to an outdoor range during daylight hours».

Cheap soy protein allows chickens to grow the fastest, and produce the maximum amount of eggs during their peak laying cycles.

INDUSTRY DEFINITIONS & FINDINGS: HR 3798 Legislation, written and supported by both the United Egg Producers (UEP) and the Humane Society of the US (HSUS), and introduced in the last Congress, defines «Free Range» as: «(1) «Eggs from free - range hens» to indicate that the egg - laying hens from which the eggs or egg products were derived were, during egg production ----(A) not housed in caging devices; and (B) provided with outdoor access.&raqEgg Producers (UEP) and the Humane Society of the US (HSUS), and introduced in the last Congress, defines «Free Range» as: «(1) «Eggs from free - range hens» to indicate that the egg - laying hens from which the eggs or egg products were derived were, during egg production ----(A) not housed in caging devices; and (B) provided with outdoor access.&raqegg - laying hens from which the eggs or egg products were derived were, during egg production ----(A) not housed in caging devices; and (B) provided with outdoor access.&raqegg products were derived were, during egg production ----(A) not housed in caging devices; and (B) provided with outdoor access.&raqegg production ----(A) not housed in caging devices; and (B) provided with outdoor access.»

Even under the best conditions on supposedly «humane» farms, the animals often come from breeding facilities that kill the males by inhumane methods (egg hatcheries where most laying hens come from) or the mothers are not allowed to do what comes naturally during pregnancy and their babies are taken away after a few days or less (as in the dairy industry).

We estimate that a female who mates 2 - 3 times may build 30 - 40 percent of the eggs she lays from proteins the male transfers during copulation.

Using what is called «calcium reporters,» researchers were able to see the neurons firing up inside the worm and record the changes in cellular activity during the egg - laying behavior.

Medullary bone is only found in female birds, and then only during the period before or during egg laying.

Female worms lay many eggs, which return to the water during urination and defecation.

During some years, up to as many as 12,000 green sea turtles aggregate around Raine Island to lay eggs on the beach, which offers scientists a natural laboratory to compare the movements and behaviours of the turtles and tiger sharks during a time when sea turtle concentrations are higher than avDuring some years, up to as many as 12,000 green sea turtles aggregate around Raine Island to lay eggs on the beach, which offers scientists a natural laboratory to compare the movements and behaviours of the turtles and tiger sharks during a time when sea turtle concentrations are higher than avduring a time when sea turtle concentrations are higher than average.

After spending a relatively leisurely winter and early spring luxuriating in warm tropical climates, they migrate north for a brief but highly eventful summer in North America, during which they must complete three energetically demanding and time - consuming tasks: (1) they must build nests, lay eggs, and provide for their offspring until the young reach independence, (2) they must completely replace all the feathers in their plumage as part of the annual molt, and (3) they must prepare for the fall southward migration by eating prodigiously and storing the body fat that will fuel their long - distance flights.

Together with a colleague from Spain, they offer first evidence for the survival of a warmth - loving, egg - laying reptile during this cold period.

The researchers examined the impacts of exposing queen bumblebees to thiamethoxam during the spring when they emerge from hibernation and are preparing to lay their first eggs and establish a colony.

The researchers also checked for the sparrows» motivation for ejecting eggs by introducing the models either at the time of egg - laying or during incubation.

The sparrows threw out foreign objects of a different size more often during the egg - laying stage but they were more careful to remove unusual white objects during the incubation stage,» says Hoi.

«In two related experiments, the researchers tested the consequences of adding eggs to 30 nest boxes during egg laying and to another 30 during incubation, first using real eggs and then using flat paper models.

Nevertheless, limb measurements of the males on the two remaining experimental islands (the females could not be included because of their propensity to lay an egg a week, swelling their abdomens and ruining leg measurements) showed that during the first six months of the year more longer - limbed A. sagrei survived the introduction of the predator L. carinatus.

The main reason for this: urban raccoons, which also snap up 90 % to 100 % of the eggs laid by Jamaica Bay terrapins during breeding season.

Thus there is no contact between the sexes during egg laying and fertilisation.

It does not lay eggs but gives birth to developed larva after ten days gestation in its uterus, during which it feeds its offspring with a milky secretion!

(Birds often contract clamydia when eggs touch the mother's fecal material during egg - laying.)

But in difficult living conditions — during food shortages or heat waves, for instance — they switch to a different type of procreation: they mate and lay dormant eggs.

«It is particularly bad for urban birds during the breeding season when they are torn between allocating resources towards fighting the toxic effects of pollution or towards laying healthy eggs, both of which aren't helped by their poor diet.»

DNA methylation marks are laid down in each egg during their development in the ovaries and, after fertilisation, some of these marks are passed onto the fetus and placenta.

For example, our studies identified transcription factors, RNA binding proteins, and signaling genes as critical miRNA targets during contexts such as development of peripheral sensory organs, wing, eye, and CNS, or during behavioral contexts such as egg - laying, rhythmic behavior, and locomotor activity (Figure 2).

The animal was long used for the study of embryology, and during the 1930s, doctors started using it for pregnancy tests, too: If you inject the dorsal lymph sac of a Xenopus with urine from a pregnant woman, the animal will start laying eggs by the end of the day.

The adult female flea typically lives for several weeks on the pet, during which time she will feed on the pet's blood two to three times and lay twenty to thirty eggs each day.

This is even more important during the breeding and eggs laying stage for the female.

With the arrival of warm weather in the spring, mature ticks — which have been dormant during the colder months — become active again and resume their quest for blood meals, which, females need for the completion of the life cycle (mating and laying eggs).

An adult flea can lay up to 600 eggs during its lifetime.

Female lays up to 250 to 300 eggs onto the soft underside of the male's tail during mating season, usually beginning in October or November.

Turtle Release Season During the summer months sea turtles come to Isla late at night to lay their eggs in the soft sand beaches.

What is really cool is that In the Mexican Caribbean resort town of Cancun, turtle egg - laying season is between May and September and I was fortunate to visit with my son during August and experience eggs hatching and baby turtles make their way to the ocean.

During this time, you will have the opportunity to witness Loggerhead turtles come to the beach and lay their eggs as well as see the baby turtles hatch and scamper down to the ocean.

Female leatherbacks come ashore during the nights in October to May to lay their eggs in the sand.

If you prefer the summer water temperatures of about 25 degrees during the months of December and January you are set for a treat as this is the time the turtles lay their eggs.

During an arribada, a large mass of turtles - sometimes thousands - storm the beach to lay eggs.

During this event tens of thousands of these incredible creatures make their way ashore to dig nests and lay eggs.

The time of year when the turtles lay their eggs is known as «arribadas» and during this period national park police patrol the area to ensure that they aren't disturbed.

From May to late September, female green, loggerhead and hawksbill turtles, struggle ashore during the long, hot summer nights to lay their eggs on the beach of Playa Del Secreto.

Hire a car and explore, or take a taxi ride down to nearby Aligadi Turtle Beach, where you can see turtles laying their eggs see the hatchlings dashing down to the sea during the summer months.

Alagadi beach is famous for its loggerhead turtles which lay their eggs here during the summer.

Next door to the resort is a protected area of beach where sea turtles lay their eggs, so during the season they can watch the eggs being buried by the mother turtle, or the tiny hatchlings scrabble down to the sea on organised turtle watching sessions.

If you're visiting the area during the summer months make sure you visit Kizilot to watch sea turtles laying their eggs.

The area is known for its whale watching, and dolphins, loggerhead and leatherback turtles can be often seen laying their eggs in the sand during the summer months.

Nintendo unveiled a new gameplay trailer for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse during this morning's Nintendo Direct, but Bill Trinen, NOA's director of product marketing (dutifully reporting despite the fact that his beloved Oregon Ducks laid an egg in the first - ever College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday), also came bearing some bad news: The Pink Puffball's latest adventure has been delayed one week in North America, from February 13th to the 20th.