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Similarly, the Dallas Zoo recently announced its largest clutch of horned lizard hatchlings to date, adding 18 new babies to its population this year.
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Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Dec. 2024
Squirrels mainly consume acorns, seeds, nuts, and fruits, but they have been known to supplement that diet with insects and, occasionally, by stealing eggs or young hatchlings from nests.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2024
Frog hatchlings use early environmental cues to produce an anticipatory resource-use phenotype
Learning and Behavior.
—Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
On land, you’re guaranteed to spot the many migrating birds who stopover on the island, and there’s a tortoise nursery, where staff keep an eye on hatchlings and infant tortoises to ensure they are not preyed upon.
—Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Dec. 2024
Squirrels mainly consume acorns, seeds, nuts, and fruits, but they have been known to supplement that diet with insects and, occasionally, by stealing eggs or young hatchlings from nests.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2024
Frog hatchlings use early environmental cues to produce an anticipatory resource-use phenotype
Learning and Behavior.
—Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
On land, you’re guaranteed to spot the many migrating birds who stopover on the island, and there’s a tortoise nursery, where staff keep an eye on hatchlings and infant tortoises to ensure they are not preyed upon.
—Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Hatchling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hatchling. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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hatchling
noun
hatch·ling
ˈhach-liŋ 
: a recently hatched animal
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