Like everything in this world, there’s no hard and fast rule for anything. Some part-bird species lay eggs, some don’t. It depends on the species (aka, how I am feeling at the time. What power it is to play god.)
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May I further confuse the God of the SkinDeepVerse … >;->
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovoviviparity
[lokisneaks out the side exit]
I wonder if some of the egg laying species keep the eggshells of their children as a memory.
I can definitely see Mary keeping an eggshell mosaic for each child in scrapbook pages dedicated to each one’s hatching day
For such chimerical creatures, which have parts coming from different real animals, I go with whatever animal “donated” the reproductive parts. Got a mammalian womb, give birth like a mammal. Got an avian womb, lay eggs like a bird.
Giving birth to something with a beak sounds even worse than normal.
What if the beak is softer, kinda leathery, at birth, and then hardens after being exposed to the air? Porcupines, for example, are born with soft bendable quills so they don’t spike their mom to death during birth.
I can almost hear the back and forth here:
Well, mine tend to stay where I place them at least until thy hatch.
True that and I agree it’s a wonderful thing sometimes. However there is something to be said about having non-eggs. Mainly in that you figure out quickly what can be dragged off tables or loose cords that were not tucked away.
Don’t forget about the hairbands.
So many hair bands… Where do they all come from because I don’t buy any. They just appear.
What do egg laying species do with their unfertilized eggs?
Since the Finns have both griffon species, did they all hatch or were some live?
The species of the mother determines how the children are born, so in the case of the Finn family, since Mary is a common gryphon, they were all hatched. Jim (an opinicus, which would give life birth) mentions that he was hatched from an egg.
Being a doctor in these communities must be a heck of a job. So many different creatures, unique body parts, and other things to learn/remember. XD
It seems that I’m not the only one to call Wes “doctor” [link] [link], formal qualification be damned …