Wow...so tiny! It's sad that they didn't make it, but I would have been very surprised if they did. I was hoping at least one of them might have been big enough...but at 12g.... The patterns look cool...but I wonder if the interesting reduced patterns is just another sign of how under developed the poor little babies were. They just didn't have the resources from a single egg to fully develop. A necropsy would probably show a lot of internal mess as well, with underdeveloped organs and skeletal structures.

As sad as it is, it IS fascinating and so far as I know, a one-of-a-kind experience. I'm glad you were able to document it as fully as you did!

Regarding the early cut...it's not something I would recommend to anyone, but I know some people do it. So long as they are willing to accept the risks that come along with it, and have the skill to do it properly, I don't have an issue with it. It makes me wonder if there may be an incident of triplets successfully incubating, and after a clutch hatches on its own, the keeper thinks he had two sets of twins hatch, rather than one set of triplets...because who would think they'd all come out of the same egg?