Animals and how they reproduce

Horses reproduce by the male impregnating the female resulting in a live, single
birth; the female, or mare, carries the foal for approximately 11 months. Foals
are usually born in the spring with the ability to walk, stand and run.

The methods of reproduction vary depending on the species of frog as the

female frog ova either gets fertilized internally or externally. The fertilized eggs
may also be laid in the water to hatch or it may not. Some frogs also give birth
to full frogs instead of laying eggs that will hatch tadpoles.

During mating the males seek out the females and then latch onto the backs of
the females in a position called am plexus. This position may be held by the
mating frogs as long as several days.
A healthy
adult laying hen will lay one egg every 24 to 27 hours most of the year, regardless of
whether she has been exposed to a rooster. But the eggs will not be fertile if the hen
has not physically mated with a rooster. They will make an omelette, though. If a hen
has not mated with a rooster to receive his sperm, the hen's eggs are incapable of
forming chicks.

Dogs reproduce through the mating process, where the male mounts the female
during copulation, and after fertilization, the female experiences a 63-day
gestation period before giving birth to a litter of puppies. The female dog must
be in the heat cycle in order for the mating process to be successful.
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type of asexual reproduction in whiptail lizards generates all-female offspring. The
Komodo dragon, turns out, can do both: they can reproduce sexually or
asexually depending on their environmental conditions.

When the tomcat finds the female cat in heat, called the queen, he puts his front paws
on either side of her. He then bites the queen’s neck, and uses his back legs to move
himself up and down while he has entered her. The tom ejaculates, which typically
causes the queen to scream and leave the area. The queen then grooms herself. She
might become pregnant and give birth to kittens in about two months.

Eagles
reproduce by engaging in a courtship process that includes cartwheeling and
circling in the air, copulation and nesting, where both the male and female
eagle builds the nest. Eagles typically mate for life, and they usually use the
same nest site year after year as long as they have successfully produced and
protected offspring at the location.
Male Los Angeles snakes will become entwined and try to pull each other down,
and tower over each other. The male who wins the battle for the female’s
affections will then proceed to mate with her. This is done by means of forked
hemipenes that are stored, inverted, in the male’s tail. He uses these grooved,
hooked or spined organs to grip the walls of the female’s cloaca. All snake
fertilization is internal. They don’t have external fertilization like frogs or fish.
This is a much more economical means of fertilization and ensures a better
chance of young being born. Most Los Angeles snakes will then lay eggs and
abandon them. Not many snakes will even bother to make a nest for their eggs.

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