Friday, August 3, 2012

Amniotic Egg

This specimen is an unfertilized chicken egg I found in the refrigerator at my own home. The chicken egg is an amniotic egg that contains an embryo that when fertilized can grow into a chicken.  An amniotic egg is a shelled, water-retaining egg that enables reptiles, birds, and egg laying mammals to complete their life cycles on land.

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