http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1890 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1890/comment-page-1#comment-2156 Linard Arocha Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:56:26 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/1890#comment-2156 It appears there will be no answer for your question unless the duck that laid the egg can be located and examined. My opinion with such limited information is that there is an anomoly and exchange taking place between the digestive and reproductive systems in the duck. It's possible the minnows survived by being swallowed whole and passing into the reproductive system of the duck via some sort of "portal" and subsequently being encapsulated by the shell. The minnows may have survived on the embryonic fluid and nutrients of the chick that was supposed to be in the shell initially. It appears there will be no answer for your question unless the duck that laid the egg can be located and examined. My opinion with such limited information is that there is an anomoly and exchange taking place between the digestive and reproductive systems in the duck. It’s possible the minnows survived by being swallowed whole and passing into the reproductive system of the duck via some sort of “portal” and subsequently being encapsulated by the shell. The minnows may have survived on the embryonic fluid and nutrients of the chick that was supposed to be in the shell initially.

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