X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,d50ba987d0102796 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fe8ed,b66df5248a81f401,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfe8ed,public From: "Ron A. Zajac" Subject: Re: Frogstein and Birdstein - Genesis (2)- Date: 1997/06/30 Message-ID: <33B88CD6.7362@Snortel.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 253773567 References: <33B4A790.794BDF32@nospam.sm.luth.se> <19970629144701.KAA05930@ladder02.news.aol.com> <33B68EB0.446B9B3D@nospam.sm.luth.se> Organization: NORTEL, Inc. Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,rec.pets.herp Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine wrote: > > In article <33B68EB0.446B9B3D@nospam.sm.luth.se>, > Veronica Karlsson writes: > >PeteCasso wrote: > >> > >> >I'm quite sure that the snake is not pregnant, snakes lay eggs... > >> > >> Ha ha ha, indeed! Funny! > > > >But they do! (and consequently they can't be pregnant) > > Amniotic eggs in fact: leathery ones, with no hard shell. Some > wiseacre will correct me, but I never heard of any snake give live birth > (i.e. have the embryo develop to full size with the egg-sack still > inside the mother's body). There _IS_ a snake that gives "live" birth (tho it's just a timing issue; the offspring don't have belly buttons....). I seem to recall it's the common "garter" snake. How'd'ya like _them_ apples, "Baby Snakes"? Disclaimer; I'm a herpetological ignoramus; anyone in rec.pets.herp want to set the record straight? It's in the interest of science and ascii art! --  Ron A. Zajac / NORTEL / 972-684-4887 esn444 / zajacATnortelDOTcom These notions are mine, not NORTEL's!