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The egg is not retained in the body for most of the period of development of the embryo within the egg, which is the main distinction between oviparity and ovoviviparity. [1] Oviparity occurs in all birds, most reptiles, some fishes, and most arthropods. Among mammals, monotremes (four species of echidna, and the platypus) are uniquely oviparous.
Since a fertilized egg represents a complete organism at one stage of its life cycle, eating an egg is a form of predation, the killing of another organism for food. Egg predation is found widely across the animal kingdom, including in fish, birds, snakes, mammals, and arthropods. Some species are specialist egg predators, but many more are ...
The cosmic egg, world egg or mundane egg is a mythological motif found in the cosmogonies of many cultures and civilizations, including in Proto-Indo-European mythology. [1] Typically, there is an egg which, upon "hatching", either gives rise to the universe itself or gives rise to a primordial being who, in turn, creates the universe.
Oresuki (俺好き), short for Ore wo Suki Nano wa Omae Dake ka yo (Japanese: 俺を好きなのはお前だけかよ, lit. "Are You Really the Only One Who Likes Me?") , is a Japanese harem – romantic comedy light novel series written by Rakuda and illustrated by Buriki .
Human egg cell. The egg cell or ovum (pl.: ova) is the female reproductive cell, or gamete, [1] in most anisogamous organisms (organisms that reproduce sexually with a larger, female gamete and a smaller, male one). The term is used when the female gamete is not capable of movement (non-motile).
An egg case or egg capsule, often colloquially called a mermaid's purse, is the casing that surrounds the eggs of oviparous chondrichthyans. Living chondricthyans that produce egg cases include some sharks, skates and chimaeras. Egg cases typically contain one embryo, except for big skate and mottled skate egg cases, which contain up to 7 ...
During a press conference, Ovi revealed that the song was intentionally "generic", as he wanted to reach a wider audience with simple and memorable lyrics. [5] " Miracle" has been described as a love-themed dance and eurodance recording, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] featuring techno beats and a piano in its instrumentation. [ 7 ]
Nicknamed "The Great 8" in reference to his jersey number and "Ovi" as a shortform of his last name, Ovechkin is widely regarded as one of the greatest ice hockey players of all time. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Second only to Wayne Gretzky in all-time goal scoring , Ovechkin holds many NHL career records, including the most power play goals, most goals ...