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Sentences with altricial

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  • Altricial young are typical among carnivores, which might be expected to be hampered in their hunting behaviour if the pregnant mother has to carry its young for a long period.
  • Palaeontologists have proposed that the Dinosauria exhibited both altricial and precocial patterns of growth and development.
  • In addition, the amount of food altricial nestlings receive from their parents varies depending on how much food is in the environment.
  • In altricial species, the parents of hungry nestlings may be helped in feeding and guarding their young by other adult birds who have not bred that year.
  • Moreover, chicks of precocial species generally require less parental care than those of altricial species.
  • In altricial bird species, parents need to provide their growing nestlings with food to prevent starvation, ensure proper development, and minimize any negative effects of a poor start in life.
  • The brown pelican produces a relatively large chick at a relatively high cost compared to other, smaller altricial species.
  • In altricial birds the chicks depend entirely on their parents for food and protection.
  • After hatching, the altricial nestlings are brooded for 1 to 2 weeks depending on the weather.
  • The altricial chicks are fed primarily insects, beetle larvae, grasshoppers, spiders and small lizards.
  • The altricial young are fed semi-digested fish by both parents.
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