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Nicky Oelofse asked the Naked Scientists:
On Friday you had a question about Geckos and the shedding of their tails.
I'm sure that you know this, the tail shedding and the fact that it wiggles for quite a while
after being shed, acts as a distraction to the Gecko's predator ie the fast wiggling, and the
Gecko may then escape to live another day (and grow a new tail).
That question with the egg boiler *: Why do more eggs need less water ? Surely the answer would be, there is less space between 8 eggs than there would be with 2 eggs, hence not as much heat source (steam) is needed to "fill the gaps between the eggs ?
Yours is a great show !
Best Regards
Nicholas "Nicky" Oelofse.
NB: * A hot plate under the eggs heats the water, and hence the eggs are actually cooked with the resulting steam ie the space between the eggs is filled with steam (not water). There is of course
a plastic lid covering the eggs in order to prevent the steam escaping. QED ? So one needs less water to cook more eggs, with one egg there is more space to heat in the container.
What do you think?
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