2007-03-04 01:04:21 · 12 answers · asked by ALWAYS RIGHT !!!! 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
its a choclate easter egg
2007-03-04 01:24:22 · update #1
something to do with it being a strong shaped ie it doesn't break when being sat on, also gives adequate space for growing chick and ideal shape for some poor chicken etc to lay it!
2007-03-04 01:09:48 · answer #1 · answered by louise 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a wide variety of egg shapes. Internal eggs, ovum, of mammals are round. Hard shelled eggs of birds are round to elliptical. Reptilian eggs can be round, elliptical or cylinders.
The there are many reason why eggs are the shape they are. Primarily, the shape has evolved over time to insure the continuation of the species. The internal anatomy of the females reproductive system. The basic physiology of the animal related to the composition of the egg(s). And, the environment in which the egg has to exist in.
2007-03-04 09:15:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because if were shaped like a ball it might just roll off. Being slightly smaller at one end means it will roll in a circular direction and you are less likely to lose your chocolate egg!
And hands off until Easter!!
2007-03-06 11:32:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What sort of egg? Fish? Amphibian? Reptile? Bird? Mammal?
Most eggs are spherical unless there is selective pressure for them to be otherwise.
Fish eggs laid in water, small, spherical.
Amphbian eggs laid in water, moderate size (think frogspawn), spherical but in clusters.
Reptile eggs mostly spherical, think turtles & crocodiles.
Mammals eggs 'laid' internally, small & spherical.
Birds eggs vary a lot in size, shape and camouflage. Birds have nests. Spherical eggs roll easily out of nests, aspherical ones tend not to. So strong selctive pressure for non-rolling eggs.
2007-03-04 09:19:41 · answer #4 · answered by Norwich 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
,an eggs shell is soft when a chicken lays it it gets hard after the air hit its. so when the hen lays the egg just like a human bowel movement the muscles start tightening after the egg starts out and that's what pushes it on out and resulting in one end being smaller. just my theory..
2007-03-04 09:24:13 · answer #5 · answered by raven1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why do birds tweet? Beacuse its the ony thing they kow how to do! Why is an egg shaped the way it is? because that's the shape it takes on the way out!
2007-03-04 09:09:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
To stop it rolling out of the nest..or cliff in the case of some seabirds..which is what would happen if it was spherical.
2007-03-04 13:13:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is that shape so when it is ready to be laid it can come out easier
2007-03-04 09:22:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's shaped that way so that it can accommodate the growth of the chick until it is hatched.
2007-03-04 09:11:54 · answer #9 · answered by Basil P 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
easier to get out i suppose, think of the poor chicken!
2007-03-04 09:08:34 · answer #10 · answered by Spurs17 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋