The Incredible, Not-So-Edible Egg

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How do those gooey yellow and clear globs that sizzle and fry as our morning omelettes ever grow into big, squawking, feathery chickens? Well, they don’t—the eggs we eat aren’t fertilized—but fertilized eggs look the same and pose a similar mystery. Pravda.ru has a photo gallery that tracks the life of a chicken, from its familiar yolk-n-white yumminess into an embryo that looks increasingly grotesque and chicken-like.

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May 5th, 2008 12:31 PM Tags:
by Lizzie Buchen in The Wide (& Strange) World of Animals | 0 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

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