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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, April 10, 1955 Is That So? Ever wondered at the hard covered egg the bewildering complexity and variety of back boned animals hatched from it? It's an awe-inspring parade. The participants range from a tiny l10th ounce hummingbird to a 300-pound African ostrich. From a ribbon-like water snake to a fearsome 33-foot py thon. From a small lizard to the lumbering 20-foot long crocodile. From a small box turtle to a half-ton tortoise. Even more remarkable, two warm - blooded animals are hatched from eggs, yet they are suckled on milk the spiny anteater and the platypus, who live Down Under and have only gained the lowest rung on the mammalian ladder. Even larger creatures were born of hard-shelled eggs. In an cient days, the multi-ton dino saurs were born of eggs they were first discovered by An drews in Mongolia; and, in more modern times, the skeleton and eggshells of a ten-foot high ele phant bird have been discovered in Madagascar. Among these groups of ani mals, not all are born of eggs. In a few snakes and lizards, young may be born alive; too, in some amphibians such as in sala manders; but in birds, there are no ifs, and, or buls every bird emerges from a hard-shelled fgg- The smallest of all eggs, no larger than a tiny pea, contains the hummingbird; the largest also contains a bird the os trich. In size, the ostrich egg is roughly the equivalent of two dozen hen's eggs. But there were bigger eggs. The recently-discovered elephant bird's eggs dwarf the ostrich's. They con- By Eugene Burnt Ranger-Naturalist tained the equivalent of two gal lons of egg whites and yolks. Other Eggs Smaller In contrast to birds' eggs, those of reptiles and other ani mals run much smaller. The great crocodile's are about the size of a goose egg; the long py thon's is only slightly larger although most snake eggs will not exceed the size of a chicken's; and that of the giant Galapagos tortoise is about the size of a tennis ball. As for the two mam mals, the 18-inch long platypus lays an inch long egg; the 14 inch spiny anteater lays about a half-inch long egg, something like that of the tiny sparrow. In birds the shell is always composed of carbonate of lime and is hard, though brittle in crocodiles and alligators, too, the egg has a hard shell in fact, the shell of the common land tortoise is sometimes so dense that it is quite difficult to pierce. However, in snakes, the shells are leathery-rubbery drop a fresh egg and it bounces; and more surprisingly, some snake eggs grow as much as a third before the young emerge. The egg of the platypus has a tough yet flexible shell; the spiny ant eater's is thin and leathery-like. Reptile Eggs Unglazed Reptile eggs are usually un- glazed, of a dull whitish color while those of birds are frequent ly beautifully tinted the deli cate washes oftentimes further enriched by darker spots, streaks and blotches. Size of clutch varies: Birds lay from one to 20 eggs, depend ing in part upon the number which the hen can sit upon and brood. The platypus lays one, two, or three; the spiny anteater, one. Reptiles lay from 50 to 100, some turtles upping the number to 250. With the reptiles, eggs are usually deposited within a few hours; in birds which lay more than one egg, the process is long er usually an egg is laid one-a-day except for some of the big predatory birds, hawks and owls, which generally lay an egg every other day. Some snakes brood their eggs, others do not, and as for birds, one bird never knows its par ents. But we'll discuss later the incubation of eggs and the care of the young or the lack of care of the young. (Copyright, by Eugene Burns) (Released fay McClurt Newspaper Syndicate) Mississippi Mayor Bows to Kids7 Demands for Chimes Jackson, Miss. (U.R) Mayor Allen Thompson bowed to de mands of five determined young sters Saturday. He said it would be all right for ice cream ven dors to have chimes on their wagons "as long as they aren't too lound." The decision saved him the threat of a "trillion dollar" law suit. A city ordinance states that "no vehicle shall have a bell or any other device for attracting attention which would tend to disturb the peace and quiet." "I don't think music disturbs Free: By special arrangement with the editors of the Encyclo pedia Americana, my panel of judges will award each week to the reader who sends me the best question on nature and wild life a complete 30-volume set of this world - famous reference work in a handsome Sealcraft binding. Each week, new ques tions will be considered. Sorry, I simply can't answer your many friendly letters. Please address your questions to: IS THAT SO! care Medford Mail Tribune, Box 575, Sausalito, Calif . San Francisco paid $41,000, 000 for the Crystal Springs Wa ter company properties in San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Alameda counties, in 1930. Folsom Sends More Troopers to Area Of Railroad Strike Montgomery, Ala. (U.R) Albama Gov. James E. Folsom Saturday ordered reinforcement of the state Highway Patrol in the strike-bound Birmingham area to "protect human lives and property." But Folsom said, "I do not in tend to use the state militia as a strike-breaking organization. Trie Birmingham industrial area, one of the largest in the South, has been plagued by re peated clashes between pickets and non-striking workers, by cut ting of telephone cables and dynamiting of no n-striker's homes. A half dozen strikes, includ ing the 27-day Southwide walk out of 50,000 employees of the Southern Bell Telephone Com pany and the strike of non-operating engineers of the Louis ville & Nashville Railroad, are in progress in the area. the peace," 10-year-old James Conner Halfacre said. Thompson met with the youngsters Friday and agreed to amend the ordinance on a 60 day trial basis on two conditions the chimes must be toned down to a "more soothing" level, and the kids accept the mayor's invitation to an ice cream party Saturday night with orchestra leader Guy Lombardo furnishing the music. , Issued Invitation Lombardo, whose band has scheduled a concert here, wrote a letter to Thompson inviting the children to hear his orchestra if the mayor would supply the ice cream. "I hope you aren't anti-music," said Lombardo. "Or anti-ice Sheriff of Douglas County Quits Post Roseburg (U.R) Douglas County Sheriff Cal Baird Satur day announced his resignation effective April 18 to accept a po sition with the U.S. Justice De partment. Baird did not say what the po sition was but said he would move from this area. He has been sheriff since Jan. 1, 1953. A successor will be selected by the Douglas County Court be fore April 18. cream for that matter." Young Halfacre was joined in his threatened suit by Garland Richmond, 10, Buddy Lowther, 7, Sandra Richmond, 9, and Ann Shaddock, 8. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday: 1 a.m. Monday for Monday; other days 5:30 previous day. Albany Boy's Dog Returns After Year Albany, Ore, (U.R) Jerry McDonald, 14, was the hap piest kid in town Saturday End his dog, Taffy, was prob ably the happiest canine in the state. About a year ago Taffy wandered away from the Mc Donald family car at Triangle Lake, 70 miles away,. He couldn't be found. This week, Jerry's mother was in downtown Albany when she saw a dog investi gating various cars, perhaps looking for his own. It was Taffy. Mrs. McDonald said some one apparently had taken care of the dog since he disap peared since his collar had been changed. The original "safety nets" used by firemen were not nets at all but "catch canvas." NO MEASUREMENT I MOREKCUXATE. 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