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4 minutes & 6 minutes

Newcastle University’s Helen Gray answers your questions on Animal Science

Helen answers the following questions in Part 1:

  • Why do guinea pigs eat their own poo?
  • Is a rat like a goldfish; the larger its environment, the larger it will grow?
  • What is your favourite animal?
In Part 2, Helen answers questions on her specialism, hens:
  • Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
  • What are the different parts of a hen’s egg?
  • How does the yolk stay in the middle?
  • How does the chick develop inside the egg?
  • Why do some chickens go broody when they aren’t laying eggs?

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