# Gecko found in chicken egg. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gecko-found-in-chicken-egg/449828 "2008-05-19T11:56:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gecko-found-in-chicken-egg/449828/21 "2008-05-19T19:02:28Z")
[QUOTE=hotflungwok] I think the important question here is: Why the hell are geckos crawling up chicken’s butts? [/QUOTE] That isn’t where the egg comes out. That’s not where the gecko crawled in. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gecko-found-in-chicken-egg/449828/22 "2008-05-19T19:28:08Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] That isn’t where the egg comes out. That’s not where the gecko crawled in. [/QUOTE] Sigh. Potato, Potahto. Apparently, geckos are finding aft openings in chickens and crawling into them. Why are they doing this? ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gecko-found-in-chicken-egg/449828/23 "2008-05-19T19:42:20Z")
because it’s cold outside. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gecko-found-in-chicken-egg/449828/24 "2008-05-19T19:46:55Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] That isn’t where the egg comes out. That’s not where the gecko crawled in. [/QUOTE] Actually, chickens and other birds have an all-purpose chute called the cloaca, which combines defecation, urination, and ovulation. So, technically, the gecko did crawl up the chicken’s butt. ---
**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gecko-found-in-chicken-egg/449828/25 "2008-05-19T19:54:23Z")
Hey, who the heck said that the gecko went in out of it’s own volition? Or maybe a chicken initiation? ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gecko-found-in-chicken-egg/449828/26 "2008-05-19T19:56:07Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] “Chooks”? [/QUOTE] This happened in Australia, where it’s not uncommon for chickens to be called chooks. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gecko-found-in-chicken-egg/449828/27 "2008-05-20T14:08:21Z")
I have to add in this Australian saying. May your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down. May your chickens turn into emus and kick your outhouse down. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gecko-found-in-chicken-egg/449828/28 "2008-05-20T14:26:11Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] May your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down. [/QUOTE] From an American… **sniff** bewdiful. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gecko-found-in-chicken-egg/449828/29 "2008-05-20T17:28:18Z")
[QUOTE=Capcha] Hey, who the heck said that the gecko went in out of it’s own volition? [/QUOTE] Wait, are you suggesting that chickens are stuffing geckos up their own butts? That would mean they can reach thier own asses with their beaks. Or they can balance on one claw while the other performs the stuffing. Or worse, there are other animals going around stuffing geckos up chicken’s butts! Nature is wierd. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gecko-found-in-chicken-egg/449828/30 "2008-06-16T13:26:23Z")
Forgive the thread resurrection; I thought I posted this before: This makes the movie [Carnosaur](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106521/) seem even more prophetic, if that’s possible. That’s all. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gecko-found-in-chicken-egg/449828/31 "2008-06-16T19:32:22Z")
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