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Dedicated fathers in the catfish community

A father sea catfish keeps the eggs of his young in his mouth until they are ready to hatch. He will not eat until his young are born, which may take several weeks.

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An unusual way to dye an egg

By feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with varicolored yolks.

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How can a dead man help in the kitchen?

One lady had her husband's ashes made into an egg timer so that even in death he can still "help" in the kitchen.

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How to get more eggs from your chicken

A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!

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How are twins made?

Identical twins develop when one egg separates then is fertilized, fraternal twins are 2 separate eggs, and siamese twins is one egg that began to separate but was fertilized before the completion of the egg division.

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Can I Get Pregnant From A Dog?

As of April 2010 you can visit Google and type in "can i get" and see the auto-suggestion of.... "can i get pregnant from a dog!" The Google suggest feature is intended to suggest the most likely search given the current term based on actual search volume! Let's hope it's malfunctioning in this case.

The answer is of course, "NO"! Why? According to wikianswers dog sperm can penetrate a human egg but the egg will die immediately because the male & female chromosomes don't match. As a general rule different animal species can not produce offspring. However, some animals have been to known to have virgin births!

Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=aKF&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=can+i+get+pregnant+from+a+dog&aq=0&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=can+i+get&gs_rfai=

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