The Origins of Platopuses and Acidnes

Caldwell found an egg in the mouth of a female platypus, which he described as being at a stage equal to a 36 hour chick. Caldwell reported his findings through a telegram that read monotrems oviparous and ovum meroblastic. He employed a huge team of abr a people who captured and killed 12 hundred to 14 hundred acidna between july and august of 18 85. A day after caldwell's find, william hack, who was curator of the south australian museum, also found an egg shell in an acidnes pouch. That led to confirmation that acidnes also lay eggs. There are only five species of