| The hatchlings have a beak with a raptorial hook that they use to stab host nestlings. |
| The hatchlings normally emerge after a period of about 45-55 days depending upon the ambient sand temperature and climatic conditions. |
| See how a mother alligator protects her newborn hatchlings in her otherwise deadly jaws, and learn what dangers the babies face in the wild. |
| So the kiskadees are able to incubate from two to five eggs and feed the hatchlings in comparative safety. |
| The study team says such live-born offspring are armed with teeth similar to those of the egg hatchlings. |
| Other containers house giant cockroaches and itty-bitty arachnid hatchlings, a few months old and smaller than a pinky nail. |
