Stanardsville is mentioned 20 times on our forum: Latest news from Stanardsville, VA collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations. Ancestries: United States (17.2%), German (13.1%), Irish (12.2%), English (8.1%), Subsaharan African (6.7%), Polish (1.4%). Current Local Time: EST time zone. Elevation: 668 feet.
A male selects a female and clings to her back. The female digs a hole in the sand and lays her eggs while the male fertilizes them. The female can lay between 60,000 and 120,000 eggs in batches of a few thousand at a time. The eggs take about two weeks to hatch; shore birds eat many of them before they hatch. The larvae molt six times during the first year. Raising horseshoe crabs in captivity has proven to be difficult.
While pregnant, female devilfish carry their young for approximately 25 months. They welcome one pup into the world at a time, although two pups may also occur occasionally. The eggs stay inside the mother until they open up. Birthing takes place during the summer months every year. The pups feed on their mothers' uterine milk. Population The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species classified devilfish as being endangered creatures in 2006 but didn't hazard a guess at population size.