13 Things to Ponder at Easter

by Deb on April 1, 2010

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Julie April 1, 2010 at 12:06 pm

Great pieces of Easter trivia. No surprise they coined the phrase “breed like rabbits”
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PlanningQueen April 1, 2010 at 1:38 pm

Some fantastic facts here Deb. Am going to talk to my kids about these, appreciate you taking the time to put them together.
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Janet April 1, 2010 at 4:24 pm

I liked reading about the bilby!

Shelley Munro April 1, 2010 at 4:47 pm

Interesting trivia. We have huge problems with rabbits here in New Zealand too.
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amandab April 1, 2010 at 5:25 pm

A beautiful bilby story to read is “Hunwick’s Egg” by Mem Fox. I think it was originally an Easter project. Makes me cry, but Princess haslways loved it and we like to discuss all the other animals in it, not just the moral of the story. I won’t tell you what it is, in case you haven’t read it 🙂

Re the moon, thanks for that information. Princess was asking questions about it last night as it was very low in the sky and very yellow in colour. I am guessing the colour has something to do with proximity?
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jehara April 1, 2010 at 5:28 pm

I liked learning about the bilbies too.
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Hootin' Anni April 1, 2010 at 6:38 pm

This was extremely interesting. I never heard of saving an egg like that to produce ONE chick with the egg having two yolks.

My 13 is a bit of conversations of wit.

Hope to see you visit with me.
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Deb April 3, 2010 at 7:57 pm: I find it hard to imagine, but it was in several sources and I have an online friend who breeds chickens who tells me they’ve done it. It must be really difficult though.

And now I want to know how they breathe before they get into the air space! We get our oxygen through the placenta, what do they do?

burn April 1, 2010 at 8:02 pm

Very interesting post. I happened to opened an egg with two egg yolks. I was confused then why does it happen. I thought that can only be happen to humans.
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burn April 1, 2010 at 8:22 pm

I had a chance eating 2 eggyolks.
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CountryDew April 1, 2010 at 9:02 pm

Gosh, those 24 rabbits certainly did multiply. That was a fascinating fact.
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Tina April 1, 2010 at 9:06 pm

Love your T13! So much info, even the Bilby!
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Adelle Laudan April 1, 2010 at 10:26 pm

Awww aren’t Bilbies so darn cute lol.
I didn’t realize rabbits could be so destructive. Lost of interesting info here.
Happy Easter.
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Deb April 3, 2010 at 7:55 pm: Yep, I know there are some native rabbits in the US, but there’s nothing like it here. Most of our animals are adapted for the boom and bust so their numbers never get too big, the rabbits just took off! Now they’ve been here a bit longer it’s a bit more balanced, but our soil and ecosystems are extremely fragile. European style agriculture is very destructive here.

Journeywoman April 1, 2010 at 11:16 pm

Wow. Great and interesting list!
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Heather April 2, 2010 at 4:18 am

Fascinating Easter post, Deb — lots of neat facts here. Thanks for visiting my book post!
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Annette April 3, 2010 at 7:10 am