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  • Pointy eggs more likely to stay put in birds’ cliffside nests, study finds

    Aug 22, 2018 10:30 am by Diana YatesResearch
    conical, pointy eggs of the thick-billed murre. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    • conical, pointy eggs of the thick-billed murre. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    'This finding provides experimental support for natural selection shaping the unique form of murre eggs amongst all bird eggs.'