# how would a platypus egg taste? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 15, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-platypus-egg-taste/45767 "2000-12-15T17:17:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SticksDweller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@SticksDweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SticksDweller)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-platypus-egg-taste/45767/1 "2000-12-15T17:17:11Z")
does a platypus periodically lay an egg, fertilized or not, like a chicken? if you cracked one open in a pan with some hot butter, would it go well with bacon? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-platypus-egg-taste/45767/2 "2000-12-15T18:23:08Z")
Mmmm . . . Platylicious! ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-platypus-egg-taste/45767/3 "2000-12-15T18:41:51Z")
"I do not like them, Sam I Am I do not like platypus eggs and ham. I will not like them on a train, I will not like them in the rain. I will not like them in the house, I will not like them with a mouse. I will not like them on a boat, I will not like them with a goat. I do not like them, Sam I Am I do not like platypus eggs and ham." -Ted Geisel’s first draft just didn’t cut it with the editors. ---
**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-platypus-egg-taste/45767/4 "2000-12-15T19:21:44Z")
It tastes like chicken. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-platypus-egg-taste/45767/5 "2000-12-15T20:09:53Z")
Considering that the platypus’s venom glands contain one of the most powerful pain inducing toxins known to exist I think the “taste” might be more than you bargained for if the embryonic stage has devleoped this to any degree. ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-platypus-egg-taste/45767/6 "2000-12-15T20:25:13Z")
The taste is somewhere between Spotted Owl eggs and Bald Eagle eggs. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-platypus-egg-taste/45767/7 "2000-12-15T21:16:08Z")
Monotreme ova are meroblastic. The high amount of yolk would counterindicate their consumption for persons with cholesterol problems. Also, their small size would mitigate against making a breakfast from them. Their leathery shell would make it difficult to crack them onto a griddle. All in all, a better breakfast would be made from turtle or snake eggs. Domestic chickens lay eggs as often as they do because we have been modifying their genes for centuries to achieve that goal. ---
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-platypus-egg-taste/45767/8 "2000-12-15T23:09:56Z")
Would it taste more like red mammal meat or the more urbane chicken meat? just wondering, jb