The mechanics of wells are a mystery to us all, and frankly I quite like it like that. Oddworld doesn't need to explain everything, especially since sometimes the explanation is exceptionally poor. *remembers Lorne contradicting existing Oddworld fact regarding Abe's Moon* However, we do know that wells are a naturally occuring feature of Oddworld, and that both Mudokons and Glukkons have developed ways of mimicking this phenomenon. One theory put forward is that natural wells are actually giant plants and the wells themselves are actually flowers, and the 'lids' are sorts of petals. I like that idea, but the Big Well kind of disproves that theory, it seemingly being a geological formation - unless both are true, and it's quite a coincidence. That way Mudokons would not only utilise the natural geological wells but also use their psychic abilities to control the growth of plant wells, hence why you see them strung up in places of Mudokon inhabitance.
Industrial wells might just use some sort of complicated air pressure system. Like I say, I think it's much more Oddworld's style to keep it a mystery. I prefered just accepting teleporters until they explained them with magnets and electrodes. Then again teleporters in MO sucked (and where goes your explanation of magnets and electrodes, OWI?).
Now, I see where you're coming from with the Gabbiar being like fish eggs and also comparing them to chickens (in the sense that they would never have been fertilised, not that they're fertilised outside the body). However, since Gabbits are based off frogs, rabbits and dolphins just as much as catfish, tuna and sharks, I'd rather wait to hear where this nugget of information came from.
It would be interesting to know how Munch is going to fertilise them. In Paul O'Connor's third MO Designer Diary he mentions the possibility that Munch's mum might still be alive.
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