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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 13 points 2 hours ago (4 children)

Can any animal that lays eggs lay unfertilized eggs like chickens/birds can?

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I mean... humans do as well

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 hour ago

kind of.

menstruation is basically flushing out an unfertilized egg

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not sure we can have a definitive "yes" to your question, but it seems that a lot of them can and often do.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago

Alright thanks.

[–] 5715@feddit.org 5 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Ah yes, humanities second hobby: After asking "Is it edible" it is necessary to ask "Does it produce something for me? 👉👈"

Animal: Tries to procreate

Human: Is for me? 👉👈

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 2 hours ago

Dude I'm literally trying to figure out if this is possible

[–] Comrade_Spood@quokk.au 3 points 2 hours ago

I know from experience bearded dragons can, so I would assume reptiles generally can. But take that with a grain of salt. Idk about invertabrates tho

[–] LongLive@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

My asterisk is a starfish*.

* = 5 pointed starfish.

[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Time to replace tarantula by "pentapods"