TransformerRobot Posted December 7, 2012 Posted December 7, 2012 I just came back after seeing footage of baby aligators being born, and what did I see dragged along behind the baby gators when they left the eggs? A placenta. I didn't even know such a thing was possible. Are those really placentas attached to the baby aligators?
Arete Posted December 7, 2012 Posted December 7, 2012 Some reptiles are vivparous, and have allantoplacentae - primitive placental organs. These are interesting from an evo-devo perspective in how vertebrates evolved from an egg laying state to a live bearing state. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.1402660508/abstract http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16850472 An oviparous egg does not have a placenta in the traditional sense however, so what you saw would not have been aligator placentas: i.e. 1
Moontanman Posted December 7, 2012 Posted December 7, 2012 I just came back after seeing footage of baby aligators being born, and what did I see dragged along behind the baby gators when they left the eggs? A placenta. I didn't even know such a thing was possible. Are those really placentas attached to the baby aligators? probably the remains of the yolk sac, not a placenta, the placenta is the connection between the mother and the baby, since alligators lay eggs it could not have been a placenta. many non mammals have placenta like organs, some fish and sharks come to mind...
Moontanman Posted December 8, 2012 Posted December 8, 2012 I've seen a similar piece of material hanging off other reptiles just after they hatched, i used to raise turtles and snakes, both lay eggs and have what appears to be placenta like material hanging off newly hatched individuals...
TransformerRobot Posted January 4, 2013 Author Posted January 4, 2013 While we're on the subject of childbirth in reptiles, here's another thing I need to know. Do any of you know the gestation (if that terms is still applicable to reptiles) period for green iguanas?
Arete Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 Do you mean the time from mating to egg laying (8 weeks) or from laying to hatching? (60-90 days) Iguanas are not vivparous. Also, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=+green+iguana+breeding 1
TransformerRobot Posted January 8, 2013 Author Posted January 8, 2013 Thanks. Now what about the time from mating to egg laying for African crocodiles?
Moontanman Posted January 8, 2013 Posted January 8, 2013 Thanks. Now what about the time from mating to egg laying for African crocodiles? So you have stumbled on the little known fact that African crocodiles can be crossed with Green Iguanas and you get an invisible dragon? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_crocodile Females lay their eggs about two months after mating.
TransformerRobot Posted January 8, 2013 Author Posted January 8, 2013 No, that's not it, I just wanted to know about Nile crocodile breeding too, as it's another reptile that crossed my mind.
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