Re: Continental predators, etc.

[HPB1956@aol.com]

David Marjanovic wrote on 09/01/2001

>> Living birds have lost the right ovary and therefore lay only one even 
bigger egg at a time, exceptions are AFAIK the kiwi and at least one 
atavistic chicken: those lay 2 eggs at once. <<

Doesn't kiwis lay only one egg per season which weighs nearly 25% of an 
adult? So what's the exception with kiwis?

Cheers

Heinz Peter