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The main ingredient in eggshells is calcium carbonate (the same brittle white stuff that chalk, limestone, cave stalactites, sea shells, coral, and pearls are made of). The shell itself is about 95% CaCO3 (which is also the main ingredient in sea shells). The remaining 5% includes calcium phosphate and magnesium carbonate and soluble and insoluble proteins.
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Why do eggs have shell on it?
Eggs have a shell on it to stop it breaking
What vertebrate group produce eggs with a leathery shell?
Reptiles, such as turtles, snakes, and lizards, produce eggs with a leathery shell. The leathery shell is flexible and allows the eggs to absorb moisture and exchange gases with the environment. Unlike reptiles, birds and some other groups of vertebrates produce eggs with a hard, calcified shell.
How is a shell shell made?
Snail shells are made of ..... drum roll please! ..... keratin!! The same stuff as our fingernails!! :) The mother snail puts her "slime" on the eggs so they can survive!
What type of eggs do both reptiles and birds lay?
Yes. Bird eggs are similar in structure to reptile eggs with the main difference being that bird eggs have a hard shell while reptiles eggs have a softer, leathery shell.
What are made out of eggs?
a yolk, a white part(soft), and shell and outer shell. :) i've been looking it up all day this is the best I got.
Eggs and meat which better?
eggs
Do ankylosaurs lay eggs?
Ankylosaurs were dinosaurs, and, like all dinosaurs, they would have laid eggs. Like other dinosaurs, their eggs would have had a hard shell made of calcium, like that of a bird, and not a soft, leathery shell like a turtle, snake, lizard, or crocodile egg.
Why doesn't a reptile have a shell membrane?
Reptile eggs have shell membranes.
How does birds lay their eggs?
in a shell
Do oysters hatch from eggs?
No. A pearl is a small round object made from sand being kept in an oyster shell for a long period of time.
Is the shell on a brown egg thicker than a shell on a white egg?
No the eggshell of brown eggs is not thicker than the eggshell of white eggs.
Are all hen eggs in hard shells fertilized eggs?
NO- the vast majority of the commercial eggs are infertile- the hen never sees a rooster. Fertilization of the egg happend BEFORE the shell membranes and shell are added. Fertilization is not needed to form a shell.
