▲ 476 ▼ But the question is, is a chicken egg an egg containing a chicken or an egg which was laid by a chicken? (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 10 months ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/AntiMeme@sopuli.xyz 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago (4 children) Fish have eggs. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago Shark eggs are absolutely wild permalink fedilink source parent [–] anzo@programming.dev 1 point 10 months ago Oh but from a biological perspective they are a whole different case. The general rule would be that fish doesn't lay this type of eggs (with specific layers and a hard shell). Amphibians neither. And then, evolutionary speaking, came the amniote egg. With feats that work as an adaptation to earth's dry environments, without water. It's really a 'deal breaker' and as such it's treated by biology books because we split all animals between those that have such eggs and those who don't... permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Do they produce chickens? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago Chicken of the sea permalink fedilink source parent
[–] greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago Shark eggs are absolutely wild permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anzo@programming.dev 1 point 10 months ago Oh but from a biological perspective they are a whole different case. The general rule would be that fish doesn't lay this type of eggs (with specific layers and a hard shell). Amphibians neither. And then, evolutionary speaking, came the amniote egg. With feats that work as an adaptation to earth's dry environments, without water. It's really a 'deal breaker' and as such it's treated by biology books because we split all animals between those that have such eggs and those who don't... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) Do they produce chickens? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago Chicken of the sea permalink fedilink source parent