Two brown skua chicks showing egg tooth

Like most birds skua chicks possess an egg tooth that assists them in the difficult task of breaking out of the egg. The tooth is shed several days after hatching.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Young, Euan
Format:	Still Image
Language:	unknown
Published:	School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland 1992
Subjects:	Birds Land & seabirds Aves Charadriiformes Stercorariidae - Skuas Catharacta lonnbergi - Brown Skua New Zealand Brown Skua
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Description
Summary:	Like most birds skua chicks possess an egg tooth that assists them in the difficult task of breaking out of the egg. The tooth is shed several days after hatching.