1.   A barn owl usually lays an egg a day or every other day until there is a clutch of four to six.

2.   A few species laid eggs beneath mounds of rotten vegetation that warmed as it Decayed.

3.   A silver-washed fritillary butterfly dipped between the tufts of grass to find the violet leaves on which she lays her eggs.

4.   An ugly duckling, like a printing press, was transformed into a well-behaved goose laying golden eggs.

5.   And they mate, laying their eggs in the shallow tepid pools.

6.   During mating the female holds her pelvic fins together to form a pouch into which the eggs are laid.

7.   Having mated, grey clouds of females glide to the water, lay their eggs, and die.

8.   In toads, for instance, the males sit on the backs of females for a few days before the female lays her eggs.

9.   Look for a butterfly laying its eggs.

10.   Reptiles reproduce by laying eggs on land or giving birth to live young.