Ron Magill
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70-year-old flamingo to lay an egg is very unusual. For there to be a 70-year-old flamingo is not tremendously unusual, though it's certainly on the very high end of their lifespan. We have flamingos here at the zoo that were here during Hurricane Andrew, which was, you know, what, 30-something years ago. So, you know, and they were adults when Hurricane Andrew came through.
So they're in their 40s and 50s. So flamingos are long-lived birds. But having one lay an egg, now, I would be very surprised if that egg was fertile. So that would take it to another level. But for her to produce an egg in and of itself at that age is pretty extraordinary. But I highly doubt that it would be fertile.
So they're in their 40s and 50s. So flamingos are long-lived birds. But having one lay an egg, now, I would be very surprised if that egg was fertile. So that would take it to another level. But for her to produce an egg in and of itself at that age is pretty extraordinary. But I highly doubt that it would be fertile.
Oh, Billy. Yeah, any bird can lay an unfertilized egg. I've never tasted a flamingo egg. I don't know what it would taste like. But, you know, I mean, ostriches, you know, they make ostrich omelets all the time in southern Africa. They have them on ostrich farms. So, all eggs have the ability to be eaten.
Oh, Billy. Yeah, any bird can lay an unfertilized egg. I've never tasted a flamingo egg. I don't know what it would taste like. But, you know, I mean, ostriches, you know, they make ostrich omelets all the time in southern Africa. They have them on ostrich farms. So, all eggs have the ability to be eaten.
Some, I would imagine, taste different than others, but they all have kind of the same contents, you know, the yolk, the egg white, and they're full of protein, and people eat them no matter what. I mean, eggs are the favorite diet of so many different animals in the wild kingdom.
Some, I would imagine, taste different than others, but they all have kind of the same contents, you know, the yolk, the egg white, and they're full of protein, and people eat them no matter what. I mean, eggs are the favorite diet of so many different animals in the wild kingdom.
Always great, guys. Have a great week.
Always great, guys. Have a great week.
Were you not going to tell anyone?
Were you not going to tell anyone?
Stugatz. That joke didn't really land the way you wanted it to, did it? We all just stared at you.
Stugatz. That joke didn't really land the way you wanted it to, did it? We all just stared at you.
I hear you perfectly.
I hear you perfectly.
My God, guys. Finally get the thing to work and then you stop?
My God, guys. Finally get the thing to work and then you stop?
We're not stopping. Stop until the producer says stop.
We're not stopping. Stop until the producer says stop.
Don't touch anything. Let's keep on going. Yes. Greg and I wrote a great book. It's going to be a great book. And we've got signed editions coming up for Father's Day. A special edition signed by both of us for Father's Day. Pride of a lion, baby. There you go. God bless. This is working now.