What animal gives birth through their mouth?

Also knows as Platypus frogs, the female amphibian, after external fertilization by the male, would swallow its eggs, brood its young in its stomach and gave birth through its mouth.
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What animal lays eggs out of its mouth?

Cichlids hold fertilized eggs in their mouth.

When they reproduce, the male puts the fertilized eggs in his mouth, which is where they stay until hatching. This process is called mouthbrooding. The male fish is unable to eat at this time.
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Does fish give birth through mouth?

mouthbreeder, any fish that breeds its young in the mouth. Examples include certain catfishes, cichlids, and cardinal fishes. The male of the sea catfish Galeichthys felis places up to 50 fertilized eggs in its mouth and retains them until they are hatched and the young are two or more weeks old.
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Do any animals lay eggs from their mouth?

The catfish use the mouth of the cichlid to harbor her eggs. The cuckoo catfish will actually swim over and lay an egg in the mouth of a cichlid for her to carry. While this is happening, the male cichlid dives in to fertilize what he thinks are the female cichlid's eggs but are actually the cuckoo catfish's eggs.
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Do sharks give birth out their mouth?

Some shark embryos develop a placenta for nutritional exchange (viviparous), at least during a period of the gestation cycle. But, alas, while some of the oviparous sharks will take their eggs in the mouth and plant them in crevices, they don't actually give birth through their mouths.
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Do dogs give birth from their mouth?

During the chewing and licking, she tears open the birth sac and exposes the mouth and nose so that the puppy can breathe. You will realize all is well if the puppy starts to whimper or cry within a minute or so after birth.
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What is a mermaid birth?

A mermaid birth is another term for a baby born encased inside an intact amniotic sac. In a mermaid birth, also known as an en caul birth, the baby comes out of the womb in what looks like a bubble. The bubble is filled with amniotic fluid.
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Do snakes give birth from their mouth?

There is a common misconception that snakes give birth through their mouths. This is not true: Snakes do not give birth through their mouths. However, not all species of snakes give birth the same way. The way that a female snake delivers her babies depends on the species of snake.
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What animal is born pregnant?

The swamp wallaby is the only mammal that is permanently pregnant throughout its life according to new research about the reproductive habits of marsupials. Unlike humans, kangaroos and wallabies have two uteri. The new embryo formed at the end of pregnancy develops in the second, 'unused' uterus.
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How do Hyenas give birth?

A spotted hyena, in particular, has one of the strangest births you may see on a safari in Africa. This carnivorous wild animal gives birth through a narrow birth canal. The birthing process is most dangerous for first-time mothers and can result in the cubs' death from suffocation.
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What is the only male animal that gives birth?

Seahorses and their close relatives, sea dragons, are the only species in which the male gets pregnant and gives birth. Male seahorses and sea dragons get pregnant and bear young—a unique adaptation in the animal kingdom.
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Do goldfish give birth out their mouth?

In many fish, the most reliable sign that a mouth-brooding fish has spawned is a swollen mouth. Specifically, the throat region distends to accommodate the eggs. This puffed-out throat forms what scientists call a buccal pouch.
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How does an elephant give birth?

The elephant may attempt to rub off the protruding bladder. The calf passes through the birth canal, and the mother separates the amniotic bladder from the newborn. The mother sniffs and blows on the calf. Once she accepts her calf, the mother will pull it towards her.
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What are the 3 mammals that lay eggs?

These three groups are monotremes, marsupials, and the largest group, placental mammals. Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs. The only monotremes that are alive today are the spiny anteater, or echidna, and the platypus. They live in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea.
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Can boys get pregnant?

People who are born male and living as men cannot get pregnant. A transgender man or nonbinary person may be able to, however. It is only possible for a person to be pregnant if they have a uterus. The uterus is the womb, which is where the fetus develops.
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Who has the shortest pregnancy?

The shortest known gestation is that of the Virginian opossum, about 12 days, and the longest that of the Indian elephant, about 22 months. In the course of evolution the duration of gestation has become adapted to the needs of the species.
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What is the longest pregnancy in history?

30 Facts About Pregnancy
  • 30 facts about pregnancy. The longest recorded pregnancy was 375 days. According to a 1945 entry in Time Magazine, a woman named Beulah Hunter gave birth in Los Angeles nearly 100 days after the average 280-day pregnancy. ...
  • 5 myths. Myth: The shape of your belly can predict the gender of your baby.
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Do snakes fart?

Why Do Snakes Fart? Snake farting is not common because they are strict carnivores, and most of the gas that we humans experience comes from consuming vegetable material. Snakes don't even have the gut bacteria to break down plants to cause the gas.
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Which animal does not lay egg?

Animals which reproduce by giving birth to their young ones are called viviparous animals. These animals do not lay eggs. Mammals like cat, dog and man are viviparous animals.
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Do snakes poop?

' This opening can be found at the end of a snake's belly and beginning of its tail; unsurprisingly, the feces are the same width as the snake's body. A snake will use the same opening to defecate, urinate, mate, and lay eggs—now that's multi-purpose!
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What is a stone baby?

A lithopedion (also spelled lithopaedion; from Ancient Greek: λίθος "stone" and Ancient Greek: παιδίον "small child, infant"), or stone baby, is a rare phenomenon which occurs most commonly when a fetus dies during an abdominal pregnancy, is too large to be reabsorbed by the body, and calcifies on the outside as part ...
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Who was the oldest woman to give birth?

Erramatti Mangayamma at age 74 gave birth to twins in India last week after becoming pregnant through IVF, making her the oldest person ever to give birth, according to her doctors, and reigniting debate over so-called geriatric pregnancies.
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What is the rarest month to be born in?

February 29 has the lowest total number of births over the twenty year period because it only occurs once every 4 years.
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How does a pig give birth?

Gently rubbing the udder will make the sow relax and lie on her side in the position to give birth. Farrowing is a natural process and the sow will usually need no help. Once the first piglet is born the others, and the afterbirth, will quickly follow. Farrowing should be completed within 2 to 3 hours.
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How do cats have babies?

The female can be bred at any time during her active phase of her heat cycle because cats are induced ovulators. This means that the act of breeding stimulates the ovaries to release eggs. Therefore, eggs are only released from the ovaries when the sperm are deposited in the reproductive tract.
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