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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Nonsensical headline of the day, courtesy of Fox News

North Dakota House Gives Fertilized Eggs Human Status

A fertilized egg is an egg that contains an embryo.

Earth to the Associated Press: HUMANS DON'T LAY EGGS. No mammals do. Our embryos gestate inside the bodies of their mothers.
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:35 PM

    Might have been better if we did lay eggs. Then embryonic humans would be federally protected in the same way embryonic eagles, hawks, songbirds and some turtles are.

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  2. Zoe the Short7:52 AM

    Platypuses are mammals and lay eggs.
    Just sayin'.

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  3. Kathy9:33 AM

    Ah, yes, -- the exception to prove the rule! :-)

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  4. Zoe the Short10:56 PM

    What can I say, I love the weird little critters!

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