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+====== Xtauh reproduction ======
 ===== Mating system =====
 Xtauh have a strong tendency toward [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyandry_in_nature|polyandry]] - the pairing of one female with multiple males. The number of males cohabiting with a female generally correlates with social status, often beyond what is practical for either reproductive needs or sexual satisfaction; this is usually due to social factors such as a desire for childcarers, or a display of wealth and status, or even to artificially restrict the supply of males (at least of a certain quality) available to other females.
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 Once the female, whether intending to or not, releases sperm to fertilize her eggs and conception occurs, the process is largely beyond her control; the development of her offspring will proceed until finished or interrupted.
-The precise number of eggs fertilized and laid is beyond the female's direct control, and is affected both by the female's own personal biochemistry and by factors similar to those governing the chances of conception (fewer eggs if the female is stressed, underfed, in harsh environments, etc). The vast majority of natural reproductive events result in between one or two eggs, which spend an average of a [[concept:timekeeping#turn|turn]] and two [[concept:timekeeping#vigil|vigils]] after conception developing within the female's body (even in healthy gestation, this may vary by several vigils in either direction). The eggs are approximately round (only slightly oblate) and are between 21 and 23 cm in diameter and 5 and 6.6 kg in mass, with a slightly yellowish shell.
+The precise number of eggs fertilized and laid is beyond the female's direct control, and is affected both by the female's own personal biochemistry and by factors similar to those governing the chances of conception (fewer eggs if the female is stressed, underfed, in harsh environments, etc). The vast majority of natural reproductive events result in between one or two eggs, which spend an average of a [[concept:timekeeping#turn]] and two [[concept:timekeeping#vigil|vigils]] after conception developing within the female's body (even in healthy gestation, this may vary by several vigils in either direction). The eggs are approximately round (only slightly oblate) and are between 21 and 23 cm in diameter and 5 and 6.6 kg in mass, with a slightly yellowish shell.
 The eggs will hatch after approximately two and two-sixths turns of incubation. During this period they must be kept in an environment that is warm without being hot (preferably 25 to 30 degrees Celsius) and not too dry (at least 50% relative humidity). For this reason, xtauh nests tend to be dug out of the ground down to a level that will provide insulation and moisture, with the eggs surrounded with a small amount of decaying vegetation and then loosely buried.