Science experiment: Egg hatching underwater

[Bryce Thomas]

I have recently been thinking. If I have an aquarium heater and have the water at a warm 95 or 100F and have a large oxygen matt so the egg can get oxygen, do you think it could hatch? Let me know what you think in the replies!

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

They would die as they can't breath through there shell under water.

 

[Bryce Thomas]

They would die as they can't breath through there shell under water.

Even with a large airstone it still would not be able to breath?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Nope. If you were under water on a large airstone, you would not be able to breathe or catch your breath, either.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

And once it hatches it will drown. (But it won't hatch.)

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Okay, I was a little silly. See, here's the deal. Not sure if this qualifies as science, but I'll try. The growing chick inside the egg needs oxygen. So the eggshell is porous. There needs to be an exchange of gases between the chick inside and air outside. Toxins and wastes leave the chick through the shell, and oxygen comes into the shell to nourish the chick. There HAS to be oxygen, or rather, air, surrounding the egg for that transfer to take place. Can't happen under water. Does this help?

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

Yup^

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Yup^

Lol, thanks.

 

[Lemon-Drop]

I have recently been thinking. If I have an aquarium heater and have the water at a warm 95 or 100F and have a large oxygen matt so the egg can get oxygen, do you think it could hatch? Let me know what you think in the replies!

Sounds like pretty high humidity...

 

[HawaiiCoyote]

And once the bloom is washed off the egg - the chick is dust. So the moment it hits the water.