lay eggs
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The researchers excluded non-placental mammals that lay eggs or harbor their newborns in belly-pouches and produce extremely small younglings from these calculations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
The New World Screwworm is a parasitic fly whose females lay eggs in open wounds and mucous membranes of living warm-blooded animals and people.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
The "Charmouth crocodile" spent most of its life in the sea, only coming ashore to lay eggs and raise young.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
“Jets don’t catch worms, build nests, find mates, lay eggs, or care for their young, but they do a great job of flying from one place to another.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
He says it about the tender vegetable starts in the garden, about waiting for the chicks to become old enough to lay eggs.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
