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Q: Why is the ostrich egg smallest relative to its size?
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What birds lay the SMALLEST eggs?

The birds that lay the smallest eggs are the hummingbird's. They weigh 0.7 ounces. - The bird that lays the smallest egg in relative to its size is the Ostrich.


What type of humming bird lay the smallest bird egg?

the humming bird its egg is the size of a jelly bean


How is an ostrich egg different from a chicken egg?

the size


Which is the largest cell on the earth?

The EGG OF AN OSTRICH is the biggest cell in the world.


What is the size of the ostrich egg?

Size of ostrich egg: averages 6 x 5 inches (15 x 13 centimeters) in size.


Is ostrich egg equal to the size of a football?

no its not


What animal lays the smallest egg?

The bee humming bird lays the smallest egg at half a gram, and the ostrich lays the biggest at 3.3lbs. The animal that lays the smallest eggs are insects but when referring to vertebrates the animal that lays the smallest egg is the hummingbird.


What is the bird that can lay an very big egg?

The largest bird is the ostrich, whose eggs weigh more than three pounds. However, in proportion to its size, the kiwi bird lays the biggest eggs for its body size. The kiwi is about the size of a chicken and its egg is almost as big as the egg of an emu, a much larger bird than the kiwi.


What is the largest egg laying animal?

ostrich in general but compared to body size kiwi lays the largest egg. octopus is the largest sea animal that lays the largest egg.


Which bird has the biggest egg in proportion to their body?

An Ostrich. Im not saying an ostrich is dumb it just lays a really big egg i mean a REALLY big egg Most birds lay eggs bigger than their brains; compare the size of a chicken egg with the head of a chicken. The bird that lays the largest egg in comparison to it's body size is the Kiwi of New Zealand.


One ostrich egg is equivalent to how many chicken eggs?

As with any quantitative question about organic matter, the answer would depend on the size of the egg in question. Not all ostrich eggs are the same size. The same goes for chicken eggs. In general, an ostrich egg would equal about 2 dozen large chicken eggs.1 ostrich egg = 24 chicken eggs (approx.)24 chicken eggs


What is the nutritional difference between an ostrich egg and a chicken egg?

a chicken egg is smaller than a ostrich egg and a ostrich egg is the biggest egg known to man