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Once upon a time, a pesticide called DDT was sprayed every-friggin-where. This stuff would build up in higher level predators, and in the case of eagles, it made their eggshells super-thin. DDT was banned in the US in 1972.
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How are bald eagles babies born?
They are hatched from an egg
Why do bald eagles mate?
So the female could lay an egg
How long after Bald eagles mate does the female lay an egg?
5 to 8 days
How are bald eagles being protected in Vermont?
because they are endangered do to a disease that is being put into the egg/eggs. When being produced because people are putting poison into the food that they eat that makes the egg/eggs fragile so they brake easily. So when people heard that they when going to die from earth forever they stopped the poison and helped the bald eagles from going extinct.
What causes the yoke of an egg to break when cracked open?
Breaking an egg is a physical change not a chemical one.
What is one of the diseases that makes bald eagles die?
DDT was a pesticide that was used to kill bugs on farms. But when pretadors of those bugs were eaten by other predators the level of DDT rose and made the Bald Eagles egg shells very thin and usually the bald eagle would die. DDT is now outlawed, but the levels of DDT are still in fish and insects.
If peel is to orange then --------is to egg?
You can peel a banana but not an egg.. But you can crack an egg.. :)
Crack an egg?
When you crack an egg yellow stuff comes out.......lol
How do you beat crack the smallest egg on the moron test?
you crack the egg in the word
What are three ways that bald eagles are going extinct?
1. loss of habitat 2. loss of usable ( non polluted ) resources. 3. i don't know if it is still a big problem, but pesticides have this chemical in them that weakens the egg shells on the eggs of bald eagles. this made the eggs super prone to breaking, which greatly reduces population of the bird.
How do you crack an egg properly?
crack it with both hands
What is th gestation length of a bald eagle?
Gestation is the term applied to animals that give birth to live young. The time that it takes an egg to hatch is called "Incubation". According to http://www.carolinaraptorcenter.org/b_eagle.php, the incubation period for bald eagles is 34 to 37 days.
