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Ok, this is something I've been unable to find info on.
I'm just very curious.
If egg-laying females dig holes 12 inches deep or more in the wild, lay their eggs and then cover the hole back up, how in the heck do the babies get out?
Have I missed something? Can a tiny, weak little baby really tunnel up through twelve inches of compacted (after months of incubating) soil? Not to mention it must be a traffic jam when they all hatch at once. Anyone have any info on this?
thanks
They are wired to escape from underground. Just like sea turtles dig there way out of all that dirt.
They also use team work. That is possibly why they hatch around the same time.
When a female digs and then covers the hole that soil is no longer hard asit was prior to her digging.
I have never been to Mad. or seen this in the wild. These are my personal opinions..
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