however, it doesn't look like they were the first to have the Eureka moment, after all. The experiment was published in the Journal of Poultry Science 45 years ago in 1971.Thanks EinNYC.
Posted on 06/08/2016 1:21:51 PM PDT by EinNYC
What an eggsperiment!
A group of high school students in Japan have made an incredible discovery - they've figured out how to hatch a perfectly healthy chick from an egg without the shell.
The discovery is so significant, the students' findings have been published in a scientific journal.
The experiment - which was filmed and then shared on YouTube - consists of a few very simple steps and takes less than one month.
By day three - the little chick's heart had formed, and by day five, the outline of its body could be seen.
In just three weeks, a tiny little chick was born.
The video of the fascinating experiment has gained nearly 400,000 views in just three days - however, it doesn't look like they were the first to have the Eureka moment, after all.
The experiment was published in the Journal of Poultry Science 45 years ago in 1971.
There is no way you could divert the attention of the students from their cell phones long enough to explain the procedures of the experiment to them.
Then, no one would be listening, so you'd have to repeat yourself. Then, as the late arrivals to class dribble in one by one throughout the period, you'd have to re-explain what to do. Of course, the real latecomers would not be able to complete the experiment, but they'd blame you for that and complain that you didn't want to explain stuff to them.
You'd have to toss out a few eggs that some students played around with and contaminated or destroyed.
You'd have to check all student work because they have a problem following directions. You'd have to check all the eggs because some students might well have put some sort of toy or bit of trash they found in with the egg.
And, you'd have to lock the incubator lest some eggs be stolen or someone decided to peek at their egg and forgot to close the door to the incubator, ruining their egg and all those of others.
It’s finally settled... The chicken came first.
Breaking: NYC high schoolers can put on rubbers faster than anyone.
That’s pretty amazing - I can’t even manage to make a half-decent breakfast from an egg without the shell.
Excellent.
Sure, but we have illegal aliens who will take care of us in our old age and pay for our retirement.
This would also make a good lesson about abortion.
If they can hatch an oyster on a half shell, they might have something.
This is from an evening TV show , and there are many just like it that feature these kibds of stories . Japanese TV has its share of inane programs , but they also have many from which one can learn a lot .
I find it hard to believe this is the first time that’s ever been done. Simple process. Just reading the headline, I knew how they could have done it and that’s exactly what they did do. The shell is only there to protect it from drying out. Plastic wrap did the same thing. The shell is porous so a tiny hole is needed for oxygen. Farmers have used incubators or lamps for decades.
As someone down thread said, it would go a long way in stopping abortions.
however, it doesn't look like they were the first to have the Eureka moment, after all. The experiment was published in the Journal of Poultry Science 45 years ago in 1971.Thanks EinNYC.
can you still make scrambled without the shells?
Things I hate:
Japanese reaction frames in their damned news stories. I’m so sick of the exaggerated looks on these people’s faces when they are shown something simple and non-plus.
Things I love:
Japanese students have their own soldering irons with their names written on them. I had that in HS. I seriously, SERIOUSLY doubt today’s students have their own soldering iron that they keep in their cabinet in the classroom.
,,,, a room with a view ,, no less .
The shells make it crunchier.
I have... sometimes my poultry lay eggs without shells ... prtty good but you can’t do the one-handed crack-em-open trick.
The funniest egg I’ve seen from my birds so far was a complete shelled egg formed inside another complete egg.
Then there was also the duck egg with a rock in it.
We joked that it must be the kind of egg barred rock chickens come from.
Many of today’s high school students wouldn’t know a soldering iron if they saw one.
I’d give it two days before someone got stabbed.
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