oh - can't wait to see what caused the legs

So someone in the family tree was a taur train?

chooooochooooo! All aboard the taurtrain!

That's interesting if both parents have like a recessive gene that causes the growth...

But that means their other kids have the ~same dna basics~.

And now for one of my self-defeating habits: complaining about something I love! If it helps, imagine one of Liz's parents saying this.

"No. That's... not how genetics works. Even if the trait is heritable, that doesn't explain how she went from four legs to eight in a second. If anything, it raises a new question of why she only had four legs to start. And since neither of us has eight legs, I'd expect Liz is carrying a single dominant gene from out of nowhere and that the eggs contain a mix of four- and eight-legged--"

Wait. How developed are the fetuses? Chicken eggs take 21 days to hatch, and I'd expect larger species to take months. These eggs were laid last night, so I'd barely expect to see a blastocyst.

make that 10 legs, not 8

...Yes, that's right. And it's the sort of error I eagerly point out.

The questions still stand.

I'll need to grow more legs too ;)

Guess they'd beter stock up on lots of newborn baby lizard socks.

Lots and lots and lots of socks...

Genetics is a bitch