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Eggs Hatching

Here you see some little heads beginning to come out of the shell.

Bearded Dragon eggs are soft and leathery like turtle eggs and snake eggs. They are not firm and able to crack like a chicken egg. Baby dragons have an egg tooth they use to slit the egg before they can pop their heads out. Once the head is out they will lay there taking their time and work their way out slowly. During the time they are slowly working their way out of the egg their little bodies are absorbing all the nutrients left in the egg yolk that is still attached to their umbilical cord and can be seen right after hatching. The umbilical cord will slowly absorb and the belly button will close up. You can see a small slit in newly hatched dragons where the umbilical cord was attached to the egg.