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While geese and sandhill cranes have similar parenting styles, allowing their hatchlings to be fairly independent, Lacy noted unique challenges that come with this unusual family dynamic.
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Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025
It is believed that the alligator may have been a female acting to protect her hatchlings, reptile expert Kim Titterington told 7News Miami.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 23 June 2025
Artificial light can disorient hatchlings, pulling them away from the ocean and toward roadways or buildings—a common and often fatal outcome along Florida’s coast.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Of the hatchlings at Ningaloo, 45 percent were eaten.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
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Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025
It is believed that the alligator may have been a female acting to protect her hatchlings, reptile expert Kim Titterington told 7News Miami.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 23 June 2025
Artificial light can disorient hatchlings, pulling them away from the ocean and toward roadways or buildings—a common and often fatal outcome along Florida’s coast.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Of the hatchlings at Ningaloo, 45 percent were eaten.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
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“Hatchling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hatchling. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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hatchling
noun
hatch·ling
ˈhach-liŋ 
: a recently hatched animal
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