Egg Nature's Miracle of Packaging Author:Robert Burton, Jane Burton (Photographer), Kim Taylor (Photographer) The egg is surely one of nature’s most remarkable and versatile products; it is a compact, self-contained capsule containing everything necessary for the creation of a new life. This lavishly illustrated book explores and explains the staggering variety of strategies employed by animals in producing, fertilizing, laying and caring fo... more »r their eggs, and the wonderful diversity of their form - from the tiny sculptured button of a butterfly egg to the perfect oval of a bird’s egg. There is also information on those who care for their eggs internally, the mammals. -« less