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August 11, 2005

From the Comments: Amphioxus

Dodo gazed proudly upon her perfect pure white Egg and then settled. But something rocked violently beneath her. Rechecking, she found Egg had cracked. Aghast, she watched Egg split in twain. A mass of wet pinfeathers heaved itself from the remains.

This thing had destroyed her greatest creation! It must die! It was small enough to swallow whole. That’s what Dodo did.

The dismayed Investigators who revived the dodo from extinction observed the female eat yet another of her young. “No wonder the damned things went extinct the first time,” one said. “Hell of a happy birthday,” muttered the other.

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