#(coz theres babies in there and they gotta cook longer)

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I’m a bit of a nerd about biology so I do have some potential ideas about how Donnie would know about the kiddos. While regular turtles will nest for all their eggs, fertile or not, donnie doesn’t seem to have that instinct. The unfertilized eggs to him seem to be similar to a human on their period. So when the eggs are fertilized, maybe he does have that nesting instinct. Like he subconsciously knows and gets a severe bout of anxiety about making sure to have a good safe nest for these eggs. There could also be some kind of mystic thing that can be done to confirm his suspicions.

waves arms. biology!

i think both leo and donnie do have some degree of a 'nesting instinct' when they're on their cycle even now, they just don't currently have the chance to answer it. but i guess when they're typically on their cycle it's akin to their instincts gently being like, 'hey, uhm, a little burrow might be nice...' but when there's actually a baby on board, it's more like 'DIG A FUCKING HOLE IN THE GROUND AND GET IN IT, N O W MOTHERFUCKER. WE NEED SOFT BLANKETS AND DARKNESS RIGHT THIS INS T AN T.'

which does probably come with a great deal of anxiety, restlessness, etc. there would also probably be more human-ish symptoms, such as not bleeding (or producing any unfertilized eggs) as expected, morning sickness, and other general hormone fuckiness. and i'm sure that between the forces of science and mystics combined, they could figure out some sort of ninja turtle pregnancy test.

#donnie lowkey assumed that he (a fucking turtle) and his partner (a goddamn cat) wouldn't be biologically compatiable #and doesnt consider Baby to be a potential answer/outcome to these symptoms #(they are also perhaps not as careful as they could have been for this reason) #tw pregnancy #tw menstruation #asks #anon #my legacy of being The Egg Person continues ig #i did this to myself #i must accept it #gemini au asks #gemini asks #donnie is mad af because his body is screaming at him to NEST MF and then he doesnt even lay any eggs like he was EXPECTING #(coz theres babies in there and they gotta cook longer) #and hes like ?!?! WTF ARE YOU SCREAMING AT ME FOR THEN MY GOD. FUCKING WASTING MY TIME-- #(hes not leaving the nest tho.) #actually lowkey i thought abt it a little more and as soon as he. like. proceeds to Not Lay Eggs he probably Panics #because the last time he Did Not Lay Eggs when he was Pretty Fucking Sure He Was Supposed To he almost died and it was horrendous #he probably freaks the fuck out and eventually goes to sorrel/leo and they gently coax him into getting checked out #coz theyre all convinced hes eggbound again #but nope! surprise mf <3 CHILDREN