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bwaffa
at Thu Jul 22 16:53:23 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bwaffa ]
>>I like it, because when I get 100% slugs (non fertile eggs) it's obvious (see pic below, sorry for the poor quality, it was taken with a phone).
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>>However, when you have most of the clutch that IS fertile...you can still have a non-fertile egg in the clutch (usually just one) that looks every bit as good as the others. You only know it's not fertile by candling, or just when it starts to rot. So, if the other fertile eggs send a chemical signal to the mother, "hey, develop my outside egg covering" then that would explain why the non fertile eggs still look good!
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I'd never thought of that before, but you're right - I've definitely seen that - and the observation is consistent with the theory... I like your narration too haha! 
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