SHARK’S EGGS

Evening Star, Issue 20053, 19 December 1928, Page 12

SHARK’S EGGS

If ninety-nine out. of every 100 beach visitors were to pick up » shark's (says the Sydney Mail ) they would toil it a thing, of wondrousbmutv choicely rare m colouring; yet they would never guess it to be toe egg of Uus nondangerous shark, also tho only species in Australian waters that is oviparous. All other deliver their young in the ordinary manner. 'Hie eggs, are ■>». in design. They might also be thought to be of remarkable size, because they are as lame almost as a duck’s egg, composed of (l black gelatinous substance, having concave spirals, beautifully coloured, traversin'* them and long twisted tendrils at one end that apparently do the duty of anchoret) work. It is quite obvious that onoe the parent pads with the eggs she takes no furtbor responsibility, leaving too future young oviparians to shift as best they may tor themselves. The action of the sea upon tho egg, it is said, is gradually to burst the spirals open as. growth proceeds; bub, lei& in tho sun, th© eggs harden into these cbftvk« Ban* KwtwUi,