Float can contain up to seven digits in total, not just following the decimal point â so, for example, 321.1234567 cannot be stored in float because it has 10 digits. If greater precisionâmore digitsâis necessary, the double type is used.
This animal may have sharp spines, but it isn't a porcupine! It's one of two types of primitive egg-laying mammals, or monotremes. (The other is the duck-billed platypus.).
Most reptiles lay eggs. The act of laying eggs is called oviposition. Reptiles that lay eggs are called oviparous. Some reptiles bear live young, and the term for this is viviparous. Technically, a female that lays eggs is said to be gravid when she is holding eggs inside of her.