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The female turtlesdo not need the males for them to lay eggs. They will have the eggs inside them for the males to come and fertilize. If not,the eggs will be laid unfertilized. Since the eggs are infertile,they cannot hatch. The female turtles can start laying eggs from the age of 3.
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Do female turtles need males to lay eggs?
The female turtles do not need the males for them to lay eggs. They will have the eggs inside them for the males to come and fertilize. If not, the eggs will be laid unfertilized.
Why do tortoises and turtles lay infertile eggs?
Why Do Tortoises And Turtles Lay Infertile Eggs? A female tortoise will start laying eggs when she reaches sexual maturity, when precisely this is will vary from species to species. Her body produces eggs in anticipation of being able to mate and thus, if she doesn鈥檛 find a mate 鈥?she鈥檚 still got some eggs and her body cannot reabsorb them.
How many eggs do turtles lay in a lifetime?
Before the nesting season, the female turtle is courted by the male or males and mate afterwords. From there the female will lay fertilized eggs. The female turtle can lay from 1 to 9 clutches in a season. In total, some turtle species can lay a total of about 2,200 eggs in a lifetime.
How to get a turtle egg?
Turtle eggs can be obtained with a Silk Touch tool. Otherwise, the eggs will break and drop nothing if mined with a un-enchanted tool. In Java Edition this block is called Turtle Egg , whereas in Bedrock Edition and Legacy Console Edition it is called a Sea Turtle Egg .