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What animal has a

supersize brood?

From one to hundreds of millions, every species

in the animal kingdom has its own number of

eggs or young. The ocean sunfish is the

ultimate mother, spawning up to

300 million eggs in one go.

Orangutan mothers Some animals have few offspring and
can spend nine years spend years looking after them. Others
caring for one baby, lay vast numbers of eggs or give birth
making it the longest to many young, but abandon them to
time between births survive on their own.
of any mammal.

Female grey
partridges lay more Tailless tenrecs are
eggs in one go than tiny, spiny mammals
any other bird. from Madagascar.
Both parents raise They give birth to
the fledgling birds.
one large litter a
year, but only half
the young survive
the first month.

Sumatran orangutan Grey partridge Tailless tenrec
One baby every nine years 24 eggs per clutch 32 young per litter

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