🌿 Seasonal STEAM

How eggs breathe

Oxygen in, carbon dioxide out — through thousands of invisible pores in the shell.

Embryo Air pocket Shell (calcium carbonate) Membrane Yolk O2 in CO2 out
O2 in
CO2 out
Embryo
Yolk
Did you know? A chicken egg has between 7,000 and 17,000 pores — the shell breathes constantly.