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14-Oct-07, 04:09 PM
|  | QUEEN B Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23  | | | Bearded Dragon Embryo (pics)
Checked on Phoenix's eggs today (almost three weeks into development), only to discover that one of the questionable looking eggs had swelled and the outer shell was split open. The yolk had begun to ooze out  I removed it from the incubator and had a closer look.
I found this little embryo attached to the shell. You can see that it's a tiny little dragon - eyes, mouth, brain, little buds where the limbs are developing, a tail, and even a spine is visible. Amazing. I just hope the remaining 19 eggs make it all the way through incubation. The others all look pretty good at the moment, so I'm hopeful that they will hatch healthy little beardies.
Pic 1 - ventral view.
Pic 2 - dorsal view.
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14-Oct-07, 04:11 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 20  | | | | JESUS that is fricken weird. Looks awesome, you dont see that every day although i am sorry for ur loss. Good luck with the other eggs. |
14-Oct-07, 04:11 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: CQ | | | | morbidly interesting
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14-Oct-07, 04:13 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: SouthAustralia Gender: | | | | Just wow..............I think we all hope they make it !!!!!!!!!! Gotta ask ,how the mum?? |
14-Oct-07, 04:14 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Nth Brisbane Age/Gender: 20 | | | | Wow, thats amazing. I would have never guessed a beardy from those images. Just goes to show how much development takes place within the incubation period. |
14-Oct-07, 04:14 PM
| | QUEEN B Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | Yeah looks like something out of a horror movie hey. It's just over 1cm long.
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14-Oct-07, 04:16 PM
|  | Seller | Join Date: May-06 Location: Suburban Adelaide Age/Gender: 24 | | | | how old is it? as in how many days was it in the incubator?
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14-Oct-07, 04:19 PM
|  | herp addict Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: werribee Age/Gender: 19 | | | | yeah it happens sometimes but at least you still have 19 good ones and an interesting pic of a developing beardie |
14-Oct-07, 04:19 PM
| | QUEEN B Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by MoreliaMatt how old is it? as in how many days was it in the incubator? | The eggs will be three weeks old this coming Wednesday.
Dragon lady: Phoenix is doing well, thanks  Fingers crossed the rest of her eggs are ok.
I thought it was rather fascinating, not something you get to see every day.
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14-Oct-07, 04:23 PM
|  | O.o°•Ask Nikki•° o.O Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | So in how many days will they hatch ?
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14-Oct-07, 04:26 PM
| | QUEEN B Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | Probably somewhere in the vicinity of around 60 days. They're almost one third of the way through (yay) 
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14-Oct-07, 04:27 PM
|  | UNINFRACTABLE Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Hamilton island, QLD Age/Gender: 28 | | | | Looks like a booger.
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14-Oct-07, 04:32 PM
| | QUEEN B Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | Thanks for that insightful observation donk
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14-Oct-07, 04:42 PM
|  | Mrs Greebo (almost) Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Wagga Wagga, NSW Age/Gender: 31 | | | Thats cool Miss B, thanks for sharing
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14-Oct-07, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by da_donkey  Looks like a booger. | A pretty cool booger to me lol.
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