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For siren pods that reside in tidal areas and near the equator, the chances of happening upon a dense vegetated wetland is usually high and sparsely troubled by predators in the shallow waters and dense flora. Mothers who are lucky to have a mangrove swamp will form communal nests where pups and hatchlings are hidden within the salt tolerant plants above the waterline. Usually biological sisters or trusted packmates will pair their offspring in a clutch to ease vigilance and work, letting the mothers and fathers have better leeway to go about their tasks.

This also happens to strengthen the next generation of siren and siron who grow up together in such ways. Newborns are looked after by older pups which in a curious turn of events keep one another occupied and lower the risk of infant mortality that is usual with siren offspring. Siron males tend to get overprotective over their nest mates while sirens often lead and care over the clutch.

More often than not, they tend to spend most of the day sleeping under the warm sun after a heavy feeding. Stirred by any activity by the adults or for teaching lessons if they are older. Here we have an older 'brother', a dominant 'sister', and a week old hatchling 'sister' sleeping on a packed down shrub hidden from prying eyes with the parents just feet away.

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Posted previously at: 2017-03-29T09:00:22 | Posted previously by: FeroxUltrus