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Posted by xta on December 23, 2002 at 17:30:48:
In Reply to: Re: yep...except for a couple like prehensile tailed skinks... posted by PH Meliss on December 23, 2002 at 14:48:39:
::They have live births and the mom's protect the babies. Pretty cool.
:Very cool, indeed. ;) Actually, there are other reptiles that demonstrate parental interest and care. The Burmese python coils around her eggs, keeps up muscle contractions that raise her body temperature, and so incubates her eggs. There is at least one cobra that does so, too. And if I remember correctly, the gaboon viper's live babies (they are viviparous, not oviparous) hang around the mother for the first couple of weeks. And then, of course, there are the alligators who protect their nest, and when the hatchlings start meeping, the mother carefully digs into the next to make it easier for her hatchlings to get out, and carries them carefully in her mouth to the water. The babies hang around their mother for several weeks to benefit from her scaring off predators, including other 'gators.
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