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Males may spend the night in vegetation and return to their dance the following day. Although they do not feed, some briefly touch the surface to drink a little water before flying off. [16] Females typically lay between four hundred and three thousand eggs.
Once it has breached the egg's surface, the chick continues to chip at it until it has made a large hole. The weakened egg eventually shatters under the pressure of the bird's movements. [183] The egg tooth is so critical to a successful escape from the egg that chicks of most species will perish unhatched if they fail to develop one. [180]