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... Incubation takes about 10 days . The young receives milk , exuded from the nippleless mammary openings , for about seven weeks ; then the mother hides its young in a nest of leaves . An echidna may live from 30 to 50 years in captivity ...
... Incubation takes about 10 days . The young receives milk , exuded from the nippleless mammary openings , for about seven weeks ; then the mother hides its young in a nest of leaves . An echidna may live from 30 to 50 years in captivity ...
Page 663
... incubation period is about 28 or 35 days , and the young are cared for in the nest for as long as 35 days . The flight of falcons is fast and direct , with the wings digging the air . Some falcons habitually hover with rapid wingbeats ...
... incubation period is about 28 or 35 days , and the young are cared for in the nest for as long as 35 days . The flight of falcons is fast and direct , with the wings digging the air . Some falcons habitually hover with rapid wingbeats ...
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... incubation of the one or two chalky - white eggs that are laid in the hollow of the cone . Downy white young leave the nests in two or three days and are fed by regurgita- tion of partly digested food of the adults . The greater ...
... incubation of the one or two chalky - white eggs that are laid in the hollow of the cone . Downy white young leave the nests in two or three days and are fed by regurgita- tion of partly digested food of the adults . The greater ...
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