goodwill.mbambo

Karma: 75

11 babies born at once by the same mother, what are they called?

Answer this

+5 Views: 1925 Answers: 20 Posted: 12 years ago

20 Answers

Colleen

Karma: 2042400

A litter.

12 years ago. Rating: 15
Comment this answer

melandrupert

spot on Colleen! xxx

commented 12 years ago

TSC

And I'll bet 100 to 1 Dads no where to be found.

commented 12 years ago

mycatsmom

right, and 11 babies would be an almost unheard of litter, even for animals...at least for mammals.

commented 12 years ago

melandrupert

mycatsmom how true is that! xx

commented 12 years ago

melandrupert

Karma: 450325

Colleen got it right Multiple birth siblings are either monozygotic or dizygotic. The former result from a single fertilized egg or zygote splitting into two or more embryos, each carrying the same genetic material(genes). Siblings created from one egg are commonly called identical. Since identical multiples share the same genetic material, they are always the same sex. Dizygotic or fraternal multiples instead result from multiple ova being ripened and released in the same menstrual cycle by a woman's ovaries, which are then fertilized to grow into multiples no more genetically alike than ordinary full siblings. Multiples called polyzygotic represent some combination of fraternal and identical siblings. For example, a set of triplets may be composed of identical twins from one egg and a third sibling from a second egg.

The most common form of multiple births for humans is twins. Many placental species give birth to multiples as a matter of course, with the resulting group called a litter.

12 years ago. Rating: 15
Comment this answer

mycatsmom

the reason animals have litters, is that , very often , one or two of them won't make it. So, they rest of them are there to take their place to propagate the species.

commented 12 years ago

daren1

Karma: 724049

A brilliant tax deduction..

12 years ago. Rating: 14
Comment this answer

Ducky

Karma: 1032535

Lotsa.

12 years ago. Rating: 13
Comment this answer

dowsa

Karma: 287510

"A MIRACLE"

12 years ago. Rating: 13
Comment this answer

melandrupert

Karma: 450325

Too Many!

12 years ago. Rating: 12
Comment this answer

PEOPLELOVER

Karma: 157299

Cricket? as in sport team.

12 years ago. Rating: 12
Comment this answer

Tommyh

Who's carrying the drinks then?

commented 12 years ago

PEOPLELOVER

As usual poor old Mum.

commented 12 years ago

Flip

Karma: 178071

Puppies, maybe?

12 years ago. Rating: 11
Comment this answer

carmaxable

sure you dont mean poopies?

commented 12 years ago

west-bus

Karma: 176065

Its a Jackpot

12 years ago. Rating: 11
Comment this answer

lambshank

Karma: 263570

more than a handful !

12 years ago. Rating: 10
Comment this answer

facebook

Karma: 187476

that going too be lots of poopoo!

12 years ago. Rating: 10
Comment this answer

carmaxable

can you imagine potty training? eleven little potties in a row.......

commented 12 years ago

facebook

I can't even think having 11 potties! not for me!more than I can handle!

commented 12 years ago

doolittle

Karma: 378650

puppies! I would like the cute little one, over there, with the spots and bear face...so furry and cute!

12 years ago. Rating: 9
Comment this answer

digger

Karma: 221155

soccer team

12 years ago. Rating: 8
Comment this answer

zorro

Karma: 182125

What kind of babies ? Were they from an egg ?

12 years ago. Rating: 8
Comment this answer

Poppy3

As Zorro asks - are these babies from the one egg. I do not think that an Homo Sapien egg can produce eleven babies - not even sure about other animal production. Zorro would know this. Sorry read Colleen and mels comment too late.

commented 12 years ago

zorro

Question said nothing about human. No human could give birth to 11. So has to be another animal. My guess a FISH.

commented 12 years ago

Yonmon