[DOC] [TLE] Hatching - Chick Starts to Break Out of Egg - YouTube [PAR] May 7, 2009 - 1 min - Uploaded by 4HLancasterNEThe chick uses its egg tooth to pip (break or chip) almost all the way around the  inside of the ... [DOC] [TLE] Egg tooth - Wikipedia [PAR] The egg tooth is near the tip of its beak on the upper mandible. Borneo short-
tailed python (Python breitensteini) hatching with egg tooth visible. A red-eared 
slider hatchling with an egg tooth. In some egg-laying animals, the egg tooth is a 
small, sharp, cranial protuberance used by offspring to break ... A baby snake's 
egg tooth tears a hole directly through the shell, and falls off... [DOC] [TLE] Cracking the Shell  Social Work p.r.n. [PAR] May 25, 2011 ... The only purpose of this lone tooth is to help them crack the shell. It's called an 
egg tooth and it falls off the beak soon after the bird emerges from the shell. ... 
The stress of breaking through their shell for birds, turtles and snakes is all ... 
Even human babies benefit from a vaginal rather than caesarian birth. [DOC] [TLE] As Scarce as Hens' Teeth! | United Church of God [PAR] Oct 19, 2007 ... It would be impossible for a baby chick to come out of its shell if it ... I have 
reached under a mother hen a day or two before it's time for the ... Somehow as it 
breaks through, the chick also turns, creating a small ... This egg tooth is a hard, 
toothlike projection that develops on the beak of embryonic birds and... [DOC] [TLE] care of sick or injured doves - Diamond Dove Home Page [PAR] May 14, 2012 ... Baby birds that have not fledged can be placed directly on the scale. .... If a 
constipated dove is weighed and is several grams below its normal .... Doves 
often experience soft egg shells, egg binding, soft beaks, and broken ... Breaks in 
the femur can rarely be felt as we found out in the first case below:. [DOC] [TLE] Bird Cams FAQ: Great Blue Heron Nest | All About Birds [PAR] Apr 20, 2011 ... great blue herons at sapsucker woods pond via Bird Cams ... If a baby falls out 
will someone from Cornell put it back? .... of initially breaking through the shell 
with a hard projection on the bill ... Heron chicks may take up to 48 hours to make 
their way out of the egg. ..... Yes, but usually only in small amounts. [DOC] [TLE] Bird Cams FAQ: Barn Owl Nest | All About Birds [PAR] Sep 1, 2010 ... Won't the babies get smothered from the parents sitting on them? .... Owls 
swallow food whole or rip it apart in their beak and swallow pieces. .... of the chick 
initially breaking through the shell, using a hard projection on its bill ... on and off 
the nest and she feeds it to the chicks by tearing it into small pieces. [DOC] [TLE] Bird Beak Facts.aspx - Scribd [PAR] The egg tooth is a small, pointed projection on the top of the upper beak near the 
... Baby birds use their egg tooth to break out of the egg at hatching. Most chicks 
will pierce or 'pip' the shell, then rotate in a circle, slowly breaking away bits of 
shell like a little ..... Help  FAQ  Accessibility  Press  Purchase help  AdChoices. [DOC] [TLE] Bird Digestion - People Search [PAR] Flamingos use a series of projections, or lamellae, to filter tiny food items from 
debris in the water. ... Wrens use their thin, probing bill to capture small insects. ... 
and twisting forces, but has to be light or the bird couldn't get off the ground. ..... of 
the wing (with fewer hooklets at the ends of the barbs) help to break up the sound
... [DOC] [TLE] How Birds Keep Their Cool | Audubon [PAR] Aug 1, 2012 ... We can protect birds and the places they call homeas long as people like you 
help. ... dogs; instead, they have a variety of unique adaptations to help

Question: It's a small projection on the beak of a baby bird to help it break out of its shell
Answer: an egg tooth