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mammals), and mollusks lay eggs, although some, such as scorpions, do not. Reptile eggs, bird eggs, and monotreme eggs are laid out of water and are surrounded...

"The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs" is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 87 in the Perry Index, a story that also has a number of Eastern analogues. Many...

Death Laid an Egg (Italian: La morte ha fatto l'uovo) is a 1968 giallo film directed by Giulio Questi. Written by Questi and Franco Arcalli, the film...

the observation that all chickens hatch from eggs and all chicken eggs are laid by chickens. "Chicken-and-egg" is a metaphoric adjective describing situations...

This is a list of notable egg dishes and beverages. Eggs are laid by females of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish...

The Hen That Laid the Golden Eggs (French: La poule aux œufs d'or), also known as The Hen with the Golden Eggs, is a 1905 French silent trick film directed...

Egg fossils are the fossilized remains of eggs laid by ancient animals. As evidence of the physiological processes of an animal, egg fossils are considered...

Robin egg blue, also called eggshell blue or robin's-egg blue, is a shade of teal (a blue-green color), approximating the shade of the eggs laid by the...

Bird eggs are laid by the females and range in quantity from one (as in condors) to up to seventeen (the grey partridge). Clutch size may vary latitudinally...

first egg has completely traveled through the oviduct and been laid. Shell-less or thin-shelled eggs may be caused by egg drop syndrome. Chicken eggs are...

The cosmic egg, world egg or mundane egg is a mythological motif found in the cosmogonies of many cultures and civilizations, including in Proto-Indo-European...

for the development of the embryo. Some types of egg contain no yolk, for example because they are laid in situations where the food supply is sufficient...

presumed that dinosaurs had laid eggs because they were reptiles. In 1859, the first scientifically documented dinosaur egg fossils were discovered in...

Easter eggs, also called Paschal eggs, are eggs that are decorated for the Christian holiday of Easter, which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus. As...

that eggs from the same archaeological site had originated in different places. The studies suggested that, rather than the eggs having been laid by captive...

usually pose no harm. The eggs can also be called fart eggs, cock eggs, fairy eggs, dwarf eggs, and witch eggs. The name wind eggs is also sometimes used...

'Bare ruined choirs, where once the sweet birds sang' – Shakespeare New Laid Egg Clarissa Bischoffsheim The Deserted Garden The North-West Passage The...

months. Eggs are laid 24 hours after fertilization. The eggs are ovular and about 1.4 mm in diameter, with a thin smooth yellow shell. Eggs hatch after...

their prey before dragging it to a brood nest as living food; a single egg is laid on the prey, hatching to a larva which eats the still-living host. They...

An egg case or egg capsule, often colloquially called a mermaid's purse, is the casing that surrounds the eggs of oviparous chondrichthyans. Living chondricthyans...