A Nest Is Noisy by Dianna Hutts Aston

Author:Dianna Hutts Aston [Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylv ia Long]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Published: 2015-07-14T16:00:00+00:00

In spring and summer, tens of thousands of female Kemp’s ridley sea turtles ride the waves together onto Gulf Coast beaches and drag themselves up to the dunes. They use their hind flippers like shovels to dig a pit in the sand. After the turtle deposits her round, leathery eggs, she tamps down the sand with the underside of her shell and flings more sand over the nest to hide any signs of it.

The platypus—one of only two mammals to lay eggs—hollows out tunnels or burrows along streambeds. With her tail, the female carries moist plant matter deep into the tunnel to make a nest and lays soft-shelled eggs the size of marbles. She adds plugs of soil in the tunnel to protect the eggs from rising waters, predators, and changing temperatures.

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