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Thread #28600   Message #355687
Posted By: Jeri
12-Dec-00 - 10:56 AM
Thread Name: Puzzles - Part 1+1
Subject: RE: Puzzles - Part 1+1
The last thing I remember was Bernard asked:
Which mammal, which is not egg-laying (e.g. duck billed platypus), could theoretically be completely wiped off the face of the earth, yet, the following day thousands of young could be born?

and further clarified, "'Born' as in 'leaving the womb'!!" and "wiped off the face of the earth" as "One minute there's thousands of them, the next minute something kills the lot!"

So we've got a non egg-laying mammal that can die and be able to give birth the next day, after being dead. Kicking also has something to do with it. I'm thinking it's more along the lines of the baby "kicking" its way out. Then again, if it isn't partially out already, it would suffocate...oy. Unless we're talking about the next day being one second after midnight, in which case we're talking about just about any mammal with babies capable of getting themselves out of mamma...

Am I thinking too literally here?