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What's inside that egg? | video What's inside that egg? | video
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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
~~ Samuel Butler (1835 – 1902)		A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
~~ Samuel Butler (1835 – 1902)
Today is caturday, so you know what that means! Let's watch a video!Today is caturday, so you know what that means! Let's watch a video!
Inspired both by countless early morning birdwatching trips as well as by observing many people's breakfast habits, I thought I'd share this sweet little video that shows development of a chicken embryo from fertilisation to hatching. (All avian embryos follow the same early developmental patterns, with some taxonomic differences becoming more pronounced in the days before hatching): Inspired both by countless early morning birdwatching trips as well as by observing many people's breakfast habits, I thought I'd share this sweet little video that shows the development of a chicken embryo from fertilisation to hatching. (All avian embryos follow the same early developmental patterns, with some taxonomic differences becoming more pronounced in the days before hatching):
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This video animation was created by Australia's Poultry Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), an organisation whose main mission is to help Australia achieve "sustainable, ethical poultry production in the face of population growth and climate change." This educational video animation was created by Australia's Poultry Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), an organisation whose main mission is to help Australia achieve "sustainable, ethical poultry production in the face of population growth and climate change."
If you wish to watch a real chicken hatching, this video captures that process: If you wish to watch a real chicken egg hatching, this video captures that process:
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