• Question: what came first, the chicken or the egg?

    Asked by frankie to Sam, Rose, Maggi, Kirsty, Ben on 15 Jun 2017.
    • Photo: Kirsty Miller

      Kirsty Miller answered on 15 Jun 2017:

      Hi Frankie, this one is probably a question for a biologist….. (or a comedian 😉 )

    • Photo: Rose Turner

      Rose Turner answered on 16 Jun 2017:

      Once upon a time (a long long time ago) there was a chicken-like bird that wasn’t actually a chicken. It met another chicken-like bird that wasn’t actually a chicken. The two chicken-like birds mated and the first laid an egg. Due to a genetic mutation, when the egg hatched, out came a bird that was a bit different to it’s chicken-like mum and dad, because it wasn’t just chicken-like, IT WAS CHICKEN! So… the egg came before and the chicken came after, but Mr and Mrs Chicken-Like were first! 😀

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