Python Embryo 01 Stock Footage

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After braking through the gas exchanging chorion membrane, the hatchling has only thirty minutes to cut its way out of the protective leathery shell or else it will drown in its own fluids. The female continues guarding her eggs but takes no part in the hatching at all. In fact she removes herself from the eggs now and only returns when sensing danger. But the young burmese pythons refuse to leave their eggs immediately. Most of them gaze at their new surroundings while other prefer to remain within the protective shell. The millipede might have been attracted by the oozing egg fluids and doesn’t mean to harm the snakes, while a vicious attack from an army of fire ants could result in the death of many hatchlings.
For the next three days the young pythons will frequently poke their heads outside, only to retreat back into the safety of their eggs a few minutes later. The reason for this behavior is that all hatchlings are still connected to their yolk sack which provides the needed nutrition. Unable to leave the eggs, the hatchlings will rest mostly during the final stage of their development and only move to the surface to breathe the needed air. But not all pythons will hatch. If unable to cut through the shell and breathe, the snake becomes trapped and will die within the egg. Burmese python embryo was filmed by Heiko Kiera aka Ojatro in South Florida in 2016.