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unchikun
at Sat Sep 13 20:30:00 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by unchikun ]
fascinating! thanks for sharing!
(i had an entertainingly cartoonish mental image of her rolling a male away from her nest...)
i wonder whether the more ancient, extinct species kept watching them after they hatched, like crocodilians and dinosaurs? maybe the mound defending is a leftover behavior from a time when they were more attentive parents?
i don't imagine that the hatchlings make any noise when emerging from the egg, or do they? that's a lot of nest for a tiny tort to dig through. was thinking of how baby crocs squeak for ma croc to help dig 'em out.
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RE: a nest mound? - unchikun, Sat Sep 13 20:30:00 2008