Question

partridges build their nests on the ground among plants. They lay up tp 18 eggs in the nest. Suggest why they need to lay so many eggs

Answer 1

Answer:

because on "and there snakes or humans may harm the eggs and there is a chance of only few eggs to give birth

Answer 2

Answer:

It lays up to 18 eggs (especially among the plants) to protect the eggs from getting eaten by snakes or getting damaged by humans.Most of their eggs doesn't hatch so out of 18 may be a 6 may hatch.