A new, interesting study has showed that baby crocodiles, still in their eggs, can communicate with their mothers. Ten batches of crocodile eggs were divided into three groups to test thier response to each other within the eggs. Eggs that were played in the real pre-hatching calls hatched within 10 minutes, while the other groups took more than five hours. Also, mothers played in the real sounds dug up their eggs, while the other mothers did not.
The new discovery will help crocodile mothers to be at the nest to protect their newborns. It will also help the young to be born all at once, which would also make them safer. The newborn crocodiles are in danger from predators that are eager for an easy meal, which is just what stranded baby crocs are. What a way to help the helpless! To read more, click here.
This article is good not just because it talks about a cool fact about aligators, but it also talks about saving them too. This discovery will keep many baby aligators alive.
Can other animals do this? This discovery might also benefit other animals too. With the same idea, scientists can conduct tests to see if other baby animals, in their eggs, can communicate with their mothers. These tests might show that other animals can do this and then those baby animals can be saved. This would be another great discovery.