Dr. Peter Beaumont's surprise is conceivable, who found a dead gecko inside while hammering a chicken egg into the pan. There was no hole in the shell, so he had to get there some other way. A scientist might not have paid any attention to the egg, if its contents were not cloudy. Turned out, that the little lizard was between the shell and the outer parchment plate. Wg Beaumonta, the head of the Australian Medical Association of Northern Territories, the gecko may have entered the female genital tract after fertilization, but before the final formation of the egg (its subsequent casings build up while moving through the fallopian tube). He wanted to eat the embryo, but he did not survive and was trapped in an egg. The doctor told ABC television, that sometimes partially developed eggs can be found when gutting hens. The gecko was probably looking for such a treat. It could be, that Beaumont's find is one of the first of its kind in the world. The scientist donated the shell for further research. It will be dealt with by the relevant agencies of the Ministry of Health. Representatives of the Australian Egg Corporation admit, that they had never heard of such a case before. David Witcombe, manager of the company's research department, marks, that for obvious reasons the gecko could not get to the egg from the digestive tract.
So the only way is through the cloaca, the last part of the intestine, into which the ureters and fallopian tubes open.
A gecko in a chicken egg?
