Animals & Nature

[Bourgaize]

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

[flirty41]

A chicken and an egg were lying in bed. The chicken was smiling and smoking a cigarette while the egg looked decidedly miserable. The egg muttered 'well, I guess we answered that question.' (Sorry, couldn't resist!)

[boognish76]

The egg came first, obviously, the chicken had to come from an egg but an egg doesn't have to come from a chicken.

[AllYourBase]

Reptiles were laying eggs millions of years before chickens evolved.

[IndieSinger]

Nah, boognish76 has got it. Through evolution, something eventually came to be 99.99% chicken (what we would now classify as a chicken) - but was not completely a "chicken". But it layed an egg and inside that egg was what would be classified as 100% chicken. Hence the egg came first, with the chicken in it. It's boring once you know the answer.

[spiff]

Eggs are the way forward. Ask a gamete. Good to see you back indie!

[PaulB]

The chicken came first, the egg just got laid.... (Think about it) poor joke I know :o(

[Dave-o]

Don't be so naive IndieSinger. What if the animal that a chicken evolved from was not egg-laying, thus evolving into what we now refer to as a chicken, which then went on to lay eggs? That would mean the chicken came first.

[Bob...]

What advert is this from ?

[hauntedunix]

Erm...through Mitosis; one cell multiplied, which evolved, into an egg laying being, which eventually turned into a chicken. So; neither. The cell came first.

[ouch!]

The chicken, with my tesco delivery. I forgot the eggs and had to go to the corner shop for them.