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title: "Weird horn shark egg!"  
description: "A short explanation of the horn shark egg and it's interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-03  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2757/weird-horn-shark-egg  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["horn shark egg", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Weird horn shark egg!

![Weird horn shark egg](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/df0a1658-1c13-4eae-b6d1-53a200787c96/images/c5c87b03-c690-4edc-a681-1e2d05a2cf2e.jpeg) ![Weird horn shark egg](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/df0a1658-1c13-4eae-b6d1-53a200787c96/images/6d8a03b9-838e-4cac-aa86-e2a5e0894967.jpeg) The horn shark egg is without a doubt one of the strangest animal eggs on the earth. ![Weird horn shark egg](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/df0a1658-1c13-4eae-b6d1-53a200787c96/images/bd1f27ff-4e63-40c6-8e52-5fe72e8ab73a.jpeg) It has a corkscrew shape with ridges that form a spiral around the egg. ![Weird horn shark egg](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/df0a1658-1c13-4eae-b6d1-53a200787c96/images/1f4c22f3-0655-4e5b-af97-1f7df0df351b.jpeg) The female horn shark uses its distinctive form to wedge the egg into a rocky nook, where it is safe from predators and currents. ![Weird horn shark egg](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/df0a1658-1c13-4eae-b6d1-53a200787c96/images/de3709e6-ff37-47f3-a286-3ff688085b6e.jpeg) The egg casing is approximately 5 inches long. Each egg case houses one embryo. It takes between six and nine months for the embryo to hatch. ![Weird horn shark egg](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/df0a1658-1c13-4eae-b6d1-53a200787c96/images/f3a60ca7-569e-40af-84e8-28a27ca52366.jpeg) They are frequently discovered on rocky reefs and kelp forests off the California coast.

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