Thursday, February 14, 2008

Nature is weird.

As I discovered in my Anthropology class, evolution works in funny ways sometimes. Here's a graphic example.




This is an x-ray of a "pregnant" kiwi bird. Just look at the size of that egg. I think that's the epitome of the phrase, "Like sh*tting a ton of bricks".

Whew.

And people complain that childbirth is painful. Imagine what this fella (or rather, gal) here must go through.

6 comments:

nascaremperor said...

Dude, u're barely scraping the surface....back here...they think kuala lumpur is a dance! a dance!!

jw3rn said...

Haha. Yeah, and some people think that Malaysia is IN Singapore. IN Singapore!!!

Anonymous said...

jw3rn, that's not too bad eh. at least it's in the same continent. haha
i've had people ask me if Malaysia's in Europe! (i hope they were joking) i almost fainted. and they always think that Malaysia and Mongolia are somehow connected. -___-lll

Sonia L. said...

@Jia Hsien: LOL!

Anyway, going back to topic: Ouch.

Unknown said...

sure thats a REAL xray??

jw3rn said...

Yeah, I'm quite sure, seeing as it came from my Anthropology textbook. It's a scientific FACT that Kiwi birds have eggs 30% or more of their body weight. You can look it up. =P