▁could ▁for age ▁in ▁a ▁coordin ated ▁way . ▁The ▁vast ▁size ▁difference ▁between ▁ju ven iles ▁and ▁adult s ▁may ▁also ▁have ▁played ▁a ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁different ▁feed ing ▁and ▁her ding ▁strateg ies . ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁seg reg ation ▁of ▁ju ven iles ▁and ▁adult s ▁must ▁have ▁taken ▁place ▁soon ▁after ▁h atch ing , ▁and ▁combined ▁with ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁sau rop od ▁h atch lings ▁were ▁most ▁likely ▁pre co cial , ▁My ers ▁and ▁F ior illo ▁concluded ▁that ▁species ▁with ▁age - se greg ated ▁her ds ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁exhib ited ▁much ▁parent al ▁care . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁scient ists ▁who ▁have ▁studied ▁age - m ixed ▁sau rop od ▁her ds ▁suggested ▁that ▁these ▁species ▁may ▁have ▁c ared ▁for ▁their ▁young ▁for ▁an ▁extended ▁period ▁of ▁time ▁before ▁the ▁young ▁reached ▁ad ul th ood . ▁A ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁study ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁time ▁from ▁lay ing ▁the ▁egg ▁to ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁h atch ing ▁was ▁likely ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁between ▁ 6 5 ▁and ▁ 8 2 ▁days . ▁Ex actly ▁how ▁seg reg ated ▁versus ▁age - m ixed ▁her ding ▁varied ▁across ▁different ▁groups ▁of ▁sau rop ods ▁is ▁unknown . ▁Further ▁examples ▁of ▁gre g ari ous ▁behavior ▁will ▁need ▁to ▁be ▁discovered ▁from ▁more ▁sau rop od ▁species ▁to ▁begin ▁detect ing ▁possible ▁patterns ▁of ▁distribution . ▁ ▁R ear ing ▁st ance ▁ ▁Since ▁early ▁in ▁the