Japanese high school kids hatch an egg, minus the shell!

[journey11]

You've got to see this!

Who else here is tempted to try it? Amazing!

 

[Carol Dee]

I saw that on facebook earlier. COOL

 

[dickiebird]

Every now and then we get an egg laid without a shell, usually when you pick it up your finger busts through the membrane.

THANX RICH

 

[valley ranch]

On facebook did they show the chick in completion, lifted out of the cup, or just here it is running on the floor.

 

[journey11]

In the video they show a few shots of it in development with its little heart beating. Only thing I think would be hard would be getting the air exchange and humidity right, not too dry. Of course there is no shell to get stuck to, but I imagine it could still stick to the plastic wrap. And it would need to be a sterile environment. It would also be like receiving a present unwrapped. Part of the excitement comes from witnessing that first pip.

 

[valley ranch]

Journey, yep, and turning them so they develop uniformly. I wonder how far they got them and if that chick that was shown running on the floor was a prop. I can't suspend disbelief, knowing how many chicks don't make it unless everything is just right.


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[journey11]

They had several cups in the cabinet incubator too. Wonder if that was the only one that made it? Yeah, definitely bears the burden of proof and better documentation.