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However, even with 2010's 13 hatchlings, it will take a long time to see a substantial boost in numbers because each Siamese crocodile takes at least 15 years to reach sexual maturity.
BBC: A Fauna & Flora project hopes to save a rare crocodile
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She explained that female African elephants (Loxodonta africana) are able to give birth from about 10-12 years but males did not reach sexual maturity until the age of 25-30 years.
BBC: Early life care shapes African elephants' future
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Among the species threatened by bottom fishing is the orange roughy, which lives for more than a century and takes decades to reach sexual maturity: in those gloomy depths, creatures aren't used to sudden events.
ECONOMIST: Marine conservation
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The scientists believe the varying lengths are explained by the fact that millipedes continue to grow additional segments and legs even after they have reached sexual maturity - so the 750-legged millipede found in 1926 may have been an older specimen.
BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Most leggy millipede rediscovered
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Young children are facing situations that require maturity and the ability to discuss sexual issues confidently, yet as adults many of us are embarrassed to talk about them.
BBC: 'Cultural views affect STI rates'
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Song writers from the period showed a remarkable degree of maturity in trying to capture what the new transience in sexual relationships actually meant.
FORBES: Sex and Love and The Business of "I Do"