1. Other Animals Lay Eggs Not only chickens lay eggs……
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2. Birds lay eggs Hummingbird eggs weigh half a gram
Ostrich
Ostrich eggs weigh 1.5 kg

3. Reptile eggs are rubbery.
Reptiles lay eggs
lizard
crocodile
snake
tortoise
turtle
Reptile eggs are rubbery.

4. Insects lay eggs Insects have six legs. spider ladybird grasshopper
butterfly
beetle

5. Fish eggs are soft-shelled and squishy.
Fish lay eggs
shark
herring
Fish eggs are soft-shelled and squishy.

6. Amphibians live on land and in the water.
Amphibians lay eggs
eggs
newt
frog
Amphibians live on land and in the water.

7. Egg-laying Mammals Monotremes
platypus
spiny ant-eater
Spiny ant-eater and platypus are the only egg-laying mammals in the world.

8. Discuss
Fish and amphibians lay lots of eggs while birds and reptiles lay just a few. Why?
Birds and reptiles often build nests to camouflage and protect their eggs from predators, but fish and amphibians' eggs are usually exposed to predators. For this reason, sometimes few eggs survive.

9. Which of these animals lay eggs? cow hen bird spider snake penguin
Which of these animals lay eggs? Point to each animal
to learn if it does or it doesn’t. Hint: Some eggs can be tiny.
echidna
platypus
butterfly
deer
frog
fox