What is an egg tooth? Can someone post a picture and explain what, why, how and so forth? Thanks!
It's the tooth to help'em break out of their shell??
It's the tooth to help'em break out of their shell??
Egg tooth?
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Scroll down and you'll see it on the baby redfoot picture:
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...g.mozilla:en-US:official&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1[hr]
Its not really a tooth. Its a sharp little protrusion on the front of the beak and the baby uses it to tap, tap, tap at the inside of the egg until he has broken the shell. After a couple weeks or more it is either absorbed or falls off...depending upon who is telling the story.
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...g.mozilla:en-US:official&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1[hr]
Its not really a tooth. Its a sharp little protrusion on the front of the beak and the baby uses it to tap, tap, tap at the inside of the egg until he has broken the shell. After a couple weeks or more it is either absorbed or falls off...depending upon who is telling the story.
Oh I see it,how cute! Thanks Yvonne!
DonaTello said:
Where have I seen that before?
( now I remember - Feb 28 '05 )
BTW.. they 'absorb' that "egg-tooth".. I watched more than several...
Terry K
The babes are so precious!
That first baby was the very first one I hatched 5 years ago. That IS a 'bony' growth used to 'jack-hammer' holes in the shell.. just like Yvonne had said. I believe it is then absorbed as additional nutrition during the first week or so when they begin to eat 'solid' food.
A baby from '09 -
Terry K
A baby from '09 -
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