How do birds make their eggs?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Bird eggs come in all shapes and sizes, from speckled hummingbird eggs smaller than a jellybean to mango-sized emu eggs. But how do birds make them? We asked bird expert Paul Bartell to help us find the answer.

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0:20.2	to teach important lessons on financial literacy.
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0:39.2	From the brains behind brains on,
0:42.0	this is moment of um.
0:44.4	Answering those questions that make you go,
0:48.8	um...
0:49.8	Um... Moment of um,um comes to you from APM Studios and I'm Earl of Earl's
1:10.0	excellent Egg Emporium I'm sure you've heard of it.
1:12.8	Um...
1:16.1	Now I know a thing or two about eggs. I've been selling these egg extraordinary orbs since before your pappy was twinkling your grand pappy's eye. You name it, I've got it.
1:30.0	Ostrich eggs, quail eggs, chicken eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, chocolate eggs.
1:34.6	I love them all equally.
1:36.5	I remember the first time I ever saw an egg.
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