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Meaning of "precocial"
Precocial: Used to describe birds or animals that are born in an advanced state and are able to feed themselves and move independently shortly after birth or hatching
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- Hatched from the egg already covered in down and with eyes open; capable of leaving the nest within a few days.
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The young are precocial and nidifugous.
The young of most species are precocial.
Young are born precocial after a relatively long gestation period.
Offspring of this species are born precocial.
The young are precocial and very well camouflaged.
They are agile and speedy precocial hunters.
These are precocial and are able to move around shortly after birth.
The horse is a precocial species.
Species whose young are immediately or quickly mobile are called precocial.
The chicks are precocial and soon leave the nest.
They nest on the ground and the young are precocial.
The downy young are precocial and soon leave the nest.
The precocial young leave the nest shortly after hatching.
The chicks are precocial.
They are precocial and able to walk very soon after hatching.
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Hatched chicks are precocial.
The chicks are precocial and leave the nest almost immediately.
They are incredibly precocial.
They are precocial and can move and feed very soon.
Percentage of yolk in eggs of different species of altricial and precocial birds.
The ducklings are precocial and fully capable of swimming as soon as they hatch.
Altricial chicks need help thermoregulating and must be brooded for longer than precocial chicks.
The span between precocial and altricial species is particularly broad in birds.
The Rufous elephant shrew gives birth to one or two precocial young per litter.
The youngs are precocial and are escorted by the male during their education.
The phenomenon of imprinting studied by Konrad Lorenz is characteristic of precocial birds.
A precocial bird is capable of moving around on its own soon after hatching.
The young are born well-developed or precocial.
The young are precocial and able to leave the nest after one night.
In birds, altricial young usually grow faster than precocial young.
The young are precocial and can move about within a few hours of birth.
The chicks emerge covered in black down, precocial and nidifugous.
The precocial young leave the nest six to twelve hours after hatching.
They are hence able to fend for themselves soon after birth ; they are precocial.
The young are precocial and leave the nest soon after they have hatched.
As adults, altricial animals end up with comparatively larger brains than their precocial counterparts.
The young birds are precocial and are able to leave the nest soon after hatching.
The females can breed four times a year, producing litters of up to five precocial young.
The precocial chicks are able to follow their mother around several hours after hatching.
That is what precocial birds can do!
Precocial means they did not need much parental care after they hatched from their eggs.
Incubation takes 32 days and the newly hatched young are precocial.
They are precocial and able to leave the nest immediately after recovering from hatching.
California quail chick ( Callipepla californica ), a precocial chick.
The young are precocial and can survive without food for two days after hatching.
The determination of clutch size in precocial birds. - Current Ornithology.
The young are precocial and already covered in down when they emerge from the eggs.
Precocial birds find their own food, sometimes with help or instruction from the parents.
Primates are precocial at birth, with the exception of humans.
In general, precocial young are born after a relatively long gestation period and in a small litter.
