Mechanism and cost of synchronous hatching

PL Colbert, RJ Spencer, FJ Janzen - Functional Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Synchrony in the timing of births is thought to have evolved as a general predator avoidance
strategy. In turtles, synchronous hatching may facilitate group emergence from the nest …

Oxygen levels in mound nests of Crocodylus porosus and Alligator mississippiensis are high, and gas exchange occurs primarily by diffusion, not convection

G Grigg, M Thompson, L Beard… - Australian …, 2010 - meridian.allenpress.com
We measured gas exchange of eggs and mound material as well as gas concentrations at
different times during incubation in the mound nests of the salt water crocodile, Crocodylus …