the male animal which gives birth?
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But, for three animals, the tables are turned. Male seahorses, pipefish, and sea dragons are the ones who get pregnant and give birth to their young. So how do they do it? When it comes to seahorses, males have a pocket on the front of their bodies called the brood pouch.
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These fish swap the traditional roles of mums and dads as they are the only animals where the males get pregnant. ... The female transfers her eggs to the male's abdominal pouch, made of modified skin. The male releases sperm to fertilise the eggs as they enter, before incubating them for 24 days until they are born.
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A mule is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). ... The mule ends up with 63. Mules can be either male or female, but, because of the odd number of chromosomes, they can't reproduce.
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Three years ago Krause gave birth to a mule called Blue Moon, the first mule birth to be scientifically verified. Mules, a cross between a male donkey and a female horse, had been believed to be sterile, although there had been claims of earlier mule births.
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– April, the world famous mother giraffe, gave birth to her fifth calf, a boy, Saturday. The calf was born at 12:43 p.m. April went into labor around 11 a.m. Saturday. ... Park owner Jordan Patch said both mom and baby are doing well.
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Other characteristics not unique to mammals include live birth, determinate growth and a four-chambered heart. Some sharks give live birth to their young; whereas, two mammals, platypus and the echidna, lay eggs. Mammals are known to have determinate growth, but so do birds, and at least the American alligator.
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A mule is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). ... Mules can be either male or female, but, because of the odd number of chromosomes, they can't reproduce.
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Most fish species spawn eggs that are fertilized externally, typically with the male inseminating the eggs after the female lays them.
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A female, called a cow, will give birth after a gestation period of nine months. Usually, she will give birth to only one young at a time, though twins have been recorded. A baby bison is called a calf. Calves are born big.
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Male Contractions The male seahorse has a pouch on its stomach in which to carry babies—as many as 2,000 at a time. A pregnancy lasts from 10 to 25 days, depending on the species. The reproductive process begins when a male and a female seahorse do daily pre-dawn dances, intertwining their tails and swimming together.
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The male seahorse has a pouch on its stomach in which to carry babies—as many as 2,000 at a time. ... The eggs are then fertilized in the dad's pouch. The eggs hatch in the pouch. The father cares for the young as they grow, regulating the water salinity in the pouch to prepare them for life in the sea.
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Breeding. Both the male and female of the species reach sexual maturity after one year of life. The breeding season occurs in the spring and early summer. The males arrive before the beginning of the season to establish their territories.
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Seahorses are an oddity in the animal kingdom: Males, rather than females, get pregnant and give birth to young.
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The male seahorse has a pouch on its stomach in which to carry babies—as many as 2,000 at a time. A pregnancy lasts from 10 to 25 days, depending on the species. The reproductive process begins when a male and a female seahorse do daily pre-dawn dances, intertwining their tails and swimming together.
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Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and the monotremes.
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Geckos give birth by laying eggs. The female can be pregnant with her eggs for years before she lays them.
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Birth comes after a gestation period of 14 to 16 months, and the young is born in a nest on the ground. Baby okapis are called calves.