'carry offspring' is correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used to describe animals giving birth to and then taking care of their young, but the phrase can also be used to refer metaphorically to the passing of knowledge or traits from one generation to the next. For example, "Although our parents have passed on, their values and beliefs still carry offspring within our own lives."
Recent data show that each female simultaneously carry offspring sired by 10 20 males [30], [31] supporting the prediction that female L. saxatilis are not sperm-limited.
For example, chronic stress in response to human presence may decrease reproductive rates [27], [42] if stressed females are less able to get pregnant or carry offspring to term.
However, stygobiont amphipods have a comparatively reduced dispersal potential (as do all peracarid crustaceans), as the females carry offspring in a marsupium and these are brooded and not released into the water column until metamorphosed into diminutive non-natatory adults [ 15].
Under natural conditions, female scorpions are known to carry offspring for up to 51 days [ 21], and hence for female C. sculpturatus in nature, the negative effects of reproduction on predatory efficiency may be greater and extend for a longer time period than our trials allowed us to observe.
Female bat flies that were carrying offspring were identified based on their large and distended abdomen [8], [23].
Female C. sculpturatus are viviparous [ 21], and following parturition exhibit maternal care by carrying offspring on their backs.
We investigated potential tradeoffs that may occur between reproductive activities and feeding performance in female Arizona Bark Scorpions (Centruroides sculpturatus) by comparing the time taken to capture prey between non-reproductive and reproductive females (gravid females and females exhibiting maternal care, i.e. carrying offspring on their backs).
Besides, that way you can volunteer to carry your offspring's goodie bags for them, and surreptitiously confiscate half of the chocolate.
Mother anteaters carry their offspring on their backs until weaning them.
For the first three months, mothers carry their offspring, which reach sexual maturity at around 20 months.
During mating the female carries the male, which increases the risk of her being dislodged by waves and translocated from the upper littoral zone to the sublittoral where predation by crabs and fishes are much more severe (Johannesson et al. subm).. Females carry mature offspring in their brood pouch throughout the year.
