hatched
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Fifty eggs suspected to be those of endangered parrots were intercepted at South Africa's main airport in Johannesburg last Thursday - and some of them have now hatched.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
France's heatwaves have produced an unusual outcome at a wildlife park, where 10 Nile crocodiles hatched without human assistance for the first time, the director of the reserve said on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
More elaborate designs, including hatched bands, grids, and diamond-shaped motifs, also showed evidence of rotation, translation, repetition, and "embedding," i.e., the ability to build hierarchical levels of signs within the same surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
When we argue over who can authentically play a woman who hatched from an egg, we miss these more profound — and real — lessons.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Permitted volunteers were licensed to move a nest or dig out a nest after the eggs had hatched, but they had to be supervised by her.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
