eli5: How do other animals produce more than 1 baby at a time?

Question

This is a pretty broad question so let me explain:

I obviously know how human babies are made, sperm goes into the egg and develops into a baby. Sometimes more than one baby can come out of the egg splits after fertilization or if two seperate eggs are fertilized at the same time. How do other animals produce more than one baby (like cats, rodents, etc)? Is it the same process?

In: Biology

Answer 1

For mammals, yeah it’s the same process. Animals that have larger litters simply release more eggs during ovulation.