[extropy-chat] Pickled Dragon

[MB]

Often on baby snakes there is a place on the belly scales where the
yolk was attached - it is visible. In the adults this is no longer
something you see.

Sometimes baby snakes come out of the egg with the yolk sac still
attached and they need to be kept on damp toweling until the yolk is
absorbed.

That's not quite a "belly button" as in mammals, though it is the
vessel through which nutrient passes.

Regards,
MB

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, Stephen J. Van Sickle wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 22:54, Kevin Freels wrote:
>
> > Yes, but have you ever seen the umbilical cord in a chicken egg?
>
> No.
>
> There is a structure called the chalazae that anchors the yolk to the
> shell that might look like one, but it is not an umbilical cord.
>