Baby crocs start chatting even before they hatch
2008-06-24 06:52:24 GMT 2008-06-24 14:52:24 (Beijing Time) SINA.com
A crocodile hatches during a crocodile hatching festival at Sriracha Tiger Zoo, 120 km (74 miles) east of Bangkok May 13, 2008. Baby crocodiles start chatting to one another and to their mothers just before they hatch, perhaps signaling that it is time to be born, French researchers reported on Monday. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang
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Baby crocodiles start chatting to one another and to their mothers just before they hatch, perhaps signaling that it is time to be born, French researchers reported on Monday.
The little crocs make an "umph! umph! umph!" sound right before they hatch, Amelie Vergne and Nicolas Mathevon of Universite Jean Monnet in Saint-Etienne, France reported.
(Agencies)
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