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Live and dead cockroaches, as well as egg cases, were found in the kitchen area.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Artificial corals can give deep-water marine life a place to live; cat sharks, for example, wrap necklace-like egg cases around any structure, natural or not, that sticks up from the seafloor.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
The list below takes a closer look at seven of the most unusual eggs (and egg cases) in the animal world and the creatures that produce them.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
On average, coral catshark egg cases contained about 21 particles per case, while Hasselt’s bamboo shark egg cases contained roughly 16.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Artificial corals can give deep-water marine life a place to live; cat sharks, for example, wrap necklace-like egg cases around any structure, natural or not, that sticks up from the seafloor.
—Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
The list below takes a closer look at seven of the most unusual eggs (and egg cases) in the animal world and the creatures that produce them.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
On average, coral catshark egg cases contained about 21 particles per case, while Hasselt’s bamboo shark egg cases contained roughly 16.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Egg case.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egg%20case. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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