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The development of a chicken embryo from fertilization to hatching

By Jesus Diaz Published January 20, 2014, 8:11 am ET

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This visualization reminds me of one of those chicken embryo development illustrations in biology school books. Except five hundred and thirty-five thousand two hundred and forty-four times cooler. Give or take.

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