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Birds are animals that are born from hard-shelled eggs. They lay their eggs in nests and incubate them until they hatch.
Are platypus eggs soft or hard?
Platypus eggs are soft, with a leather-like texture, similar to reptile eggs. The shell is not hard like bird eggs, making them unique among egg-laying mammals.
What is cleidoian egg?
There is no such thing as a "cleidoian egg." It may have been misspelled or misheard. If you meant to ask about a "cleidoic egg," it is a type of egg found in reptiles and birds that has a shell and several extra membranes to protect and nourish the developing embryo.
How does the animal hatched out of the largest egg compare in size to the animal hatched out of the smallest egg at birth and later when fully grown?
The animal hatched out of the largest egg will typically be larger in size compared to the animal hatched out of the smallest egg at birth. As they grow, this size difference may increase significantly depending on the species. For example, a bird hatched from a larger egg may end up much bigger than a bird hatched from a smaller egg.
What is immediately produced when an animal's egg cell is fertilized by the sperm?
Zygote is immediately produced when an animal's egg cell is fertilized by the sperm.
What is the largest cell in the animal kingdom?
The largest cell in the animal kingdom is the ostrich egg cell. It is visible to the naked eye and is about 6 inches in diameter.
What texture is a platypus egg?
The egg of a platypus is leathery. It is not hard-shelled like a bird's egg.
Are turtle egg hard or soft?
Turtle eggs (and tortoise eggs) can be either hard or soft-shelled, depending on the species.
How did the hard shelled egg help reptiles adapt to life on land?
to protect them from pridators
Which organism develops from a hard-shelled egg a human a bluebird a swordfish or a sunflower?
A bluebird.
What type of egg would a desert animal lay?
Birds lay normal, hard-shelled eggs while reptiles usually lay eggs with a leathery shell that is flexible.
What is an egg shell of an animal?
Monotremes are egg-laying mammals, and their eggs are not hard-shelled, but leathery. The monotremes include the platypus and echidna.Reptiles also lay rubbery/leathery eggs.
What is the function of the shelled egg?
The primary function - is to contain the developing embryo and its nutritional yolk-sac until the foetus is ready to emerge. That applies whether it's a hard-shelled egg like a bird, or a soft-shell like a reptile.
Are platypus eggs soft or hard?
Platypus eggs are soft, with a leather-like texture, similar to reptile eggs. The shell is not hard like bird eggs, making them unique among egg-laying mammals.
What's the name of eggs that mammals lay?
The eggs laid by monotremes (egg-laying mammals) are still called eggs. They are soft-shelled and leathery, rather than hard-shelled like birds' eggs.
What animal was the first to be born?
egg
What wild animal would lay a small blue pink and white soft shelled egg on the ground under a palm tree?
Horses, flys, and dogs
What special type of egg do reptiles have?
Reptile eggs are soft-shelled so that the babies can break out of the shells. Bird eggs are hard-shelled, because baby birds use their beaks to crack the shells of their eggs, but since reptiles don't have beaks to use to break their shells, their eggs have to be soft-shelled.
