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CRACKING THE MYSTERY OF EGG SHAPE

June 22, 2017 | Science

Scientists started their quest by looking at photographs of 49,175 bird eggs collected from nests, burrows, and colonies all over the world for more than 100 years.

Each photograph—supplied by the The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley—has two key elements: an egg (or eggs) and a ruler. The team used a special computer program to scan each picture, get the egg measurements, and then figure out the complete range of egg shapes in birds. They collected pictures from 37 bird orders. That’s all of the major bird orders.

Originals