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.
The ones that lay eggs, lay eggs: Then they incubate the eggs for about 60 days. And then the eggs hatch. And you have baby snakes! Most people would be suprised to know that many snakes are good mothers, and are very protective of their eggs. But baby snakes are born ready to hunt and defend themselves, and usually begin hunting within a few days to a week of hatching.