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Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution / Why do Animals Lay Eggs ?
« on: 17/11/2007 08:44:37 »
...because, of course, if our attention turns to the eggs, the animal may then have a better chance of avoiding our dinner plates. They may even gain protection, housing and food from humans in want of some of their ovarian goodness. Add that to the natural survival mechanism of hatchings...irresistable cuteness...which ensures that not even a big, mean hairy human would dare harm them...and you end up with an egg-laying creature with a distinct evolutionary advantage.
That's what you meant right, Paul?
That's what you meant right, Paul?