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Only Young Map: Gestation takes 16 days; 7-15 in litter; Only young map born pink, naked, and blind. Do not disturb Only young map or mother for at least a week after birth; if disturbed mother will either kill and eat the Only young map or neglect them and allow them to die. After 3 weeks, remove Only young map from mother; otherwise, mother fights with them and often kills them. Sexes should be separated before Only young map reach maturity at 43 days.
Food changes as creature grows; Only young map feed almost entirely on aquatic insects and crustaceans; later take frogs, snakes, and fishes; then fishes, Only young map pigs, muskrats, and some waterfowl; adult takes fishes, pigs, and larger animals that stray too close to water's edge, such as cows, calves, and deer.
Voice: Both Only young map and old alligators hiss; female grunts like a pig in calling Only young map; Only young map make moaning sound, with mouth closed.
Ovoviviparous snakes produce the Only young map fully formed but tightly coiled in a thin, transparent membrane. Sometimes this membrane bursts during the process of birth and the Only young map appear to crawl from the mother's body. Usually the membrane is broken by the use of the temporary egg tooth when the Only young map snake struggles to straighten out.
When the Only young map are born alive, the snake is said to be viviparous.
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