Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1899 — Sharks’ Eggs. [ARTICLE]

Sharks’ Eggs.

A shark’s egg is one of the oddest looking things imaginable, and has no more resemblance to an egg, strictly speaking, than It has to a paving stone. In one variety It is pillow shaped, and has a long “horn,” or “feeler,” at each corner. It is about two inches long, and the color almost pure black. It Is unprovided with shell, as we understand that word, but the contents are protected by a thick, leathery covering, which has almost as much elasticity about It as a Covering of rubber would have. The “feelers” mentioned catch hold of and wind themselves around pieces of seaweed and other floating objects, and hang until the egg is hatched. One variety of the Shark lays eighteen eggs during the month of April. These float abont until early In December, when the little sharks emerge. —Pearson’s Weekly.