What crawled up that chicken's ass and died?

Wildcardjack for the win

/obvious

Shazzoir: OK, I'm going to take this whole story as if it were true. Allow me to make some statements of fact regarding chickens and eggs.

Spoilsport.

Dude, that's no gecko. That's a basilisk.

Shazzoir: OK, I'm going to take this whole story as if it were true. Allow me to make some statements of fact regarding chickens and eggs.

Statements of FACT? Serious answers? How long have you been on Fark, anyway? ;)

How do they know it's a Gecko?

Some sort of salamander would make more sense.

When I was in the states last week it seemed every other advert was for Geico, do they own TV or something?

Scientist doesn't know how a gecko found its way into an unhatched chicken egg.
What the?

It was explained very clearly how they think it got in there. Anyone else say that? Too busy to read the preceeding posts, soz.

OK, I'm going to take this whole story as if it were true. approach this story without preconceptions Allow me to make exclaim some statements of fact regarding chickens and eggs.

1. I have no evidence of a self respecting chicken allowing a gecko to crawl up it's cloaca (backside)

2. I have no theories as to why a gecko would wish to do so anyway ?

3. Geckos predominantly eat insects, as far as I know, they don't eat eggs, and as far as I know are not observed to exhibit the logical thinking that would allow them to make the improbable cognitive realisation that crawling up a chook's bum = the way to a good feed.

i have no qualms with the facts in this statement
4. Any gecko (or anything else for that matter) would have to get past the egg waiting in the oviduct for laying the following day to get to the soft-membrane covered egg that is behind it in the procession of eggs awaiting the laydown of egg shells. This would make a tough squeeze, and don't forget, air would be kinda lacking inside the bum area.

good! you've started using the word probably
5. Even if it could get past that egg and make it as far as the next egg further in, which hasn't yet had the hard shell laid down, it would probably be scraped off by the action of the egg moving down the oviduct.

NO! NO NO NO! BAD Shazzoir! Naughty! That is NAUGHTY!
6. Those folks suggesting the bird 'ate' the gecko and then it miraculously made it intact through the gizzard (a muscular pouch containing small pieces of stone and rock etc that grinds the food the chicken eats before it gets to the stomach) are sadly lacking in knowledge pertaining to the digestion process in birds.
Quote:"Certainly the gecko wouldn't have been ingested by the bird. It would be physically impossible for it to make its way from the digestive tract into the area where the egg's formed," said the corporation's research and development manager, David Witcombe.
"So it's a case of the gecko actually making its way through the cloaca of the bird and onto the developing egg."

Sigh.... AppendTo[Sentence,%];
7. The chook did not eat a gecko egg which also, miraculously, survived aforesaid voyage through the gizzard, stomach, intestines etc only to lodge next to an egg where it hatched into a gecko and was incorporated into the egg betwixt the shell and the egg membrane.


8. Going by in my opinion the photo suggests that the gecko has been dead for some time, and is almost mummified.

My initial hypothesis is not supported by this anecdotal evidence
The only two conclusions I can come to regarding this story are
A. It's bullshiat
B. He put it there to draw attention to egg farming/chicken keeping practices, and wants to see the egg farm inconvenienced.
C. The gecko could have gotten into the egg after packaging etc, but the shell would have had to be compromised to such an extent that you would no doubt notice it, for a lizard of that size to get through the outer shell. It's a LONG stretch, but the only logical way this could have happened - just my .02.



unverified

/Yes, I'm a scientist
//Have bred poultry for over 25 years
///Want to know what's he a Dr of anyway? Arts? Psychology? Is it a hoax to see how many people believe the story?
////Have discussed this with several people over the last week at work.


my name is Ben Padman, and I am studying undergraduate Nanotechnology at the University of Western Australia. (http://www.cmca.uwa.edu.au/staff_pages/peta under the heading Current Researchers and Students)
I work as a science communicator at the local science museum, Scitech. (http://www.scitech.org.au/)
My pet hate is not poor communication... it is poor communication of science.
get it right, or dont say it.

-Padman

Subby: a gecko found it's way

ITS not it's

its = belonging to it

Padman, that is not how we make friends.

moderator a gecko found its way

"its"

Thanks for fixing the English, mod!

frangelico_y_flamingo: Quantum Apostrophe: but he does know for who he's buying a dictionary.

"for whom"

Their's another grammer fixer for propositions.

(SIC!)

AliasUndercover: Padman, that is not how we make friends. in my opinion, based upon his post, appears to be willing to alienate other Farkers for the purposes of making his point.

/this is fun

Man 1: Ever seen an eggplant?
Man 2: Yes!
Man 1: You've been further up a chicken's ass than I have.

//old joke
//not funny until now

phillydrifter: but he does know he suddenly want to buy car insurance

"I met her on a monday and my heart stood still.."

"Da doo run run run, da doo run run"

"Somebody told me that her name was Jill..."

"Da doo run run run, da doo run run"

/obscure?

I came in on a monday and my stocks were gone
En ron ron ron , En En ron ron

/slightly more obscure?

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?

A: Evidently, based on firsthand observances made by yours truly, it was to continue perpendicular to the road a distance of approximately 20 yards, then turn left and disappear into some trees.

I was there, people.

Uh...


UGIA?

Captain_Kris
Uh...


UGIA?

You have won. Expect an internets to be delivered in 4-6 weeks. Have a nice day everyone, thread over.

redbaron303: Boobies

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

Davide: moderator a gecko found its way

"its"

Thanks for fixing the English, mod!

it was an admin, but yeah

Captain_Kris: Uh...


UGIA?

Did you know that coke really burns when it's going though your nose?

/the drink, not the powder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-r7a2szA7E

this was a simpsons episode.

Gecko says what?

/Chicken butt

magic_patch: redbaron303: Boobies

Your Fail-Fu is strong.

I've noticed more of these posts lately, usually from non-new members. My interpretation is that these are responses to Drew's infamous "boobies are out of control" post.

"What crawled up your butt and died?"

Boobies

frangelico_y_flamingo: klparrot: This came up in a thread about a week ago, and led to me searching DeviantArt. There's some interesting Erin Esurance fanart, some of which is pretty well done.
/ fist of an angry god, etc.

Some people have too much time on their hands (^).

/ Me included. It's Saturday.

It's creepy how many of those are bondage related.

Well... that officially ruins eggs for me.

/Forever :(

/approve

Padman:
my name is Ben Padman, and I am studying undergraduate Nanotechnology at the University of Western Australia. (http://www.cmca.uwa.edu.au/staff_pages/peta under the heading Current Researchers and Students)
I work as a science communicator at the local science museum, Scitech. (http://www.scitech.org.au/)
My pet hate is not poor communication... it is poor communication of science.
get it right, or dont say it.

-Padman

Padman, thank you for proofing my article. I don't mind being scientific but I'm off duty when I leave work and sometimes actually like to write an informal piece about stuff I read on the interwebs, to you know, amuse myself. Do YOU still think there was any way for this event to occur as described? I appreciate your point, but you perhaps need some lessons in communicating in a manner that is not so condescending, dismissive and personal. But thanks for the effort. I'll give you the gold star you were seeking for your critique.

Naughty my foot. pfft!

Padman:
my name is Ben Padman, and I am studying undergraduate Nanotechnology at the University of Western Australia. (http://www.cmca.uwa.edu.au/staff_pages/peta under the heading Current Researchers and Students)
I work as a science communicator at the local science museum, Scitech. (http://www.scitech.org.au/)
My pet hate is not poor communication... it is poor communication of science.
get it right, or dont say it.

-Padman

Sounds like someone has a gecko in their cloaca.