kids encyclopedia robot

Egg facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

Egg can mean different things:

Images for kids

  • Oeufs002b

    Eggs of various birds, a reptile, various cartilaginous fish, a cuttlefish and various butterflies and moths. (Click on image for key)

  • Six eggs views from the top on a white background

    Six commercial eggs — view from the top against a white background

  • Salmonlarvakils

    Salmon fry hatching. The larva has grown around the remains of the yolk and the remains of the soft, transparent egg are discarded.

  • Uria aalge MHNT Box Rouzic

    Guillemot eggs

  • Snapping turtle eggs md

    Turtle eggs in a nest dug by a female common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

  • Editing Image-Acanthodoris lutea laying eggs 2

    Orange-peel doris (Acanthodoris lutea), a nudibranch, in tide pool laying eggs

  • Toxocara embryonated eggs

    Microlecithal eggs from the roundworm Toxocara

  • Paragonimus westermani 01

    Microlecithal eggs from the flatworm Paragonimus westermani

  • Frogspawn closeup

    Frogspawn is mesolecithal.

  • Tortoise-Hatchling

    A baby tortoise begins to emerge "fully developed" from its macrolecithal egg.

  • Easter Egg Hunt (5623253840)

    Chocolate Easter eggs hidden as part of an egg hunt

  • Egg125o

    An average whooping crane egg is 102 mm (4.0 in) long and weighs 208 g (7.3 oz)

  • Oystercatcher Eggs Norway

    Eurasian oystercatcher eggs camouflaged in the nest

  • Senegal egg 10s06

    Egg of a senegal parrot, a bird that nests in tree holes, on a 1 cm (0.39 in) grid

  • Comparison of eggs by Zureks

    Eggs of ostrich, emu, kiwi and chicken

  • Finch Egg

    Finch egg next to American dime

  • Ouă

    Eggs of duck, goose, guineafowl and chicken

  • Emu Egg

    Egg of an emu

  • Eggs from a chicken and great tit

    Egg from a chicken compared to a 1 euro coin, great tit egg and a corn grain

  • Vogelnest Bodenbrüter

    Bird nest with brown marbling eggs of a robin

  • Spherical egg

    A spherical chicken egg

  • Emperor Gum Moth eggs2

    Insect eggs, in this case those of the Emperor gum moth, are often laid on the underside of leaves.

  • Clupeaharenguskils2

    Fish eggs, such as these herring eggs are often transparent and fertilized after laying.

  • Skate egg case (Raja binoculata) 01

    Skates and some sharks have a uniquely shaped egg case called a mermaid's purse.

  • Éclosion tortue d'Hermann

    A Testudo hermanni emerging fully developed from a reptilian egg.

  • S mekongi eggR

    A Schistosoma mekongi egg.

  • Huffmanela hamo eggs (Microscope) 1D

    Eggs of Huffmanela hamo, a nematode parasite in a fish

  • Parasite140080-fig3 Gastrointestinal parasites in seven primates of the Taï National Park - Helminths

    Eggs of various parasites (mainly nematodes) from wild primates

Women's History Month on Kiddle
Women Scientists of Antiquity
Hypatia
Agnodice
Aglaonice
Mary the Jewess
kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Egg Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.