Wednesday, August 20, 2008

From egg to chick

7 comments:

  1. WOW, how did they do this? Did they make the shell transparent? Or place the embryo in a special container?

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  2. My guess is they just opened the eggs after x days.

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  3. Good point, so many chicks died for science in the making of this series :)

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  4. Cool! I think you can do this with one egg. If you ever peeled a boiled egg, you know there is a thin semi-transparent layer underneath the shell. I've once completely peeled an unboiled egg while leaving the transparent skin intact.

    Not sure if it needs the shell, but there actually is a thin transparent skin beneath the shell that makes for a transparent container.

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  5. Interesting, I think with care the embryo might survive that. I want a timelapse! :)

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  6. Where can I buy an inseminated(?) egg?

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