{"id":223326,"date":"2024-04-12T19:19:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T19:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/see-inside-an-endangered-california-condor-egg-just-before-it-hatches\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:18:43","slug":"see-inside-an-endangered-california-condor-egg-just-before-it-hatches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/see-inside-an-endangered-california-condor-egg-just-before-it-hatches\/","title":{"rendered":"See inside an endangered California condor egg just before it hatches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"caption-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/12154520\/t2024_0017_condor-california-2401-2.gif?width=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/12154520\/t2024_0017_condor-california-2401-2.gif?width=100 100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/12154520\/t2024_0017_condor-california-2401-2.gif?width=200 200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/12154520\/t2024_0017_condor-california-2401-2.gif?width=249 249w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/12154520\/t2024_0017_condor-california-2401-2.gif?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/12154520\/t2024_0017_condor-california-2401-2.gif?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/12154520\/t2024_0017_condor-california-2401-2.gif?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/12154520\/t2024_0017_condor-california-2401-2.gif?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/12154520\/t2024_0017_condor-california-2401-2.gif?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/12154520\/t2024_0017_condor-california-2401-2.gif?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/12154520\/t2024_0017_condor-california-2401-2.gif?width=900 900w\" class=\"image size-full wp-image-2426746 ReplaceImageLazyload\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1130px) 900px, (min-width: 1025px) 900, (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" alt=\"MRI image of the 250th California condor egg to hatch at the San Diego Zoo Safari.\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" data-credit=\"San Diego Zoo \" data-caption=\"Rotating CT scan inside a California condor egg\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Rotating CT scan inside a California condor egg<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">San Diego Zoo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>A scan of a California condor (<em>Gymnogyps californianus<\/em>) egg has revealed a rarely seen embryonic world. The chick is the 250th condor hatched at a facility helping to bring back the threatened birds from the brink of extinction.<\/p>\n<p>Like each condor egg laid in the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance\u2019s breeding program, this one was closely monitored by veterinary staff to ensure it was growing normally. As part of these regular check-ups, experts \u201ccandle\u201d the developing eggs by placing a light against the shell to check the position of the chick inside.<\/p>\n<p>\n    <iframe title=\"42 year old California condor welcomes its 250th chick\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5NnXnRT4g1I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n    <\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>All eggs have an air pocket inside, but this one was in an unusual position, which suggested the chick was contorted. Such a position can harm its chance of hatching successfully. The team decided to do a computed tomography (CT) scan to peek inside the shell \u2013 something they have had to do for previous eggs, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can see the skeleton and air pockets in the egg,\u201d says Nora Willis at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. \u201cI\u2019m still blown away by it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"js-content-prompt-opportunity\"\/><\/p>\n<p>To their relief, the scan revealed that the chick inside was doing just fine. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2371018-bird-flu-has-killed-20-critically-endangered-california-condors\/\">condor<\/a> chick even started \u201cpipping\u201d \u2013 one of the early stages of breaking through the shell. The team returned the egg to its nest, where its parents helped the young bird hatch on the morning of March 16. The team named the chick Emaay (pronounced \u201ceh-my\u201d), a word for \u201csky\u201d from the language of the Kumeyaay, an Indigenous people of California.<\/p>\n<p>The hatch of the new chick, whose sex is not yet determined, marks a notable milestone for the species, which narrowly evaded extinction. The chick\u2019s father, Xol-Xol (pronounced \u201chole-hole\u201d), was one of just 22 condors surviving in the 1980s that was brought into the breeding program. \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like a full circle moment,\u201d says Willis.<\/p>\n<section class=\"ArticleTopics\">\n<p class=\"ArticleTopics__Heading\">Topics:<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2426749-see-inside-an-endangered-california-condor-egg-just-before-it-hatches\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Rotating CT scan inside a California condor egg San Diego Zoo A scan of a California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) egg has revealed a rarely<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":223327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}