The Adventures of Schuyler and Charlie

Saturday, October 8, 2011

chicks

Brand new baby chick which hatched only moments before we got to the exhibit.

This exhibit was so simple but so compelling for me. All the chicks in this exhibit were less than a day old. One one side you have the eggs about to hatch and any chicks that have hatched since the last visit from the museum staff. In the other side, you have the already hatched chicks (less than 24 hours old). It was so hard not to just sit and stare for a while and marvel at what these newborns were capable of (e.g. feeding themselves and walking) versus human newborns who can barely open their eyes without assistance.

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