Fluency U4L5

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The eggs you buy in the store come from female
chickens, which are called hens. But hens are not the 
only animals that make eggs. In fact, many other
animals lay eggs.
Eggs come in many sizes, just like the animals that
make them. You need two hands to hold an ostrich egg,
which can weigh up to three pounds! That makes sense
because an ostrich can be more than six feet tall and
weigh three hundred pounds.
A hummingbird’s eggs are quite small. They are
only as big as your fingernail. As you might guess, a
hummingbird is tiny. It should come as no surprise that
insects lay really small eggs.
Animals lay their eggs in different ways, too. Some
lay their eggs one at a time. Others lay large batches
of eggs at the same time. A spider might lay hundreds
of eggs in an egg sac. A frog lays its many eggs in long
strings of jelly in the water. Fish lay groups of eggs that
can either float or sink. Sea turtles fill sandy holes with
hundreds of eggs.
Not many mammals lay eggs. Mammals are animals
that have fur and are warm-blooded. Only two mammals
lay eggs. One is the platypus, and the other is the
echidna. These unusual animals are found in Australia
or New Guinea.
Eggs come in all colors, too. Chicken eggs are an
example of this, and they can be white, brown, blue,
or green.
Animal eggs are an enjoyable topic to study. The
animals that lay eggs are interesting, and they live in
all different parts of the world. Their eggs are as unique
as the animals that make them.