Which came first, the gecko or the egg? That is one of the questions being pondered by a group of Australian scientists who made an unusual discovery.
Peter Beaumont, a doctor in Darwin Australia, was innocently making breakfast,
cracking eggs into a pan. He noticed one of the eggs was a bit cloudy and took a look at th shell. Therein was a very small gecko lizard. Stuck between the membrane of the egg and the shell. That indicates the gecko was not able to be placed in the egg by any external agent (
such as the good doctor.)
It is being surmised the gecko crawled into the chicken looking for an embryo to eat (or Nirvana?) and subsequently expired (that is a dead gecko.) The chicken then did what chickens do, it made an egg with shell. The gecko would then have been trapped inside the shell but outside the membrane of the egg.
I have considered going to Australia for a bit of a vacation. I am now rethinking that trip. The last thing I need is for the gecko to find out that I as a male of the species have no embryos to feed on and then have it go for.... anything else.
Gecko Found in Chicken Egg
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