Submitted by You_Smiled t3_yeivce in askscience
penny_eater t1_iu09s6s wrote
Reply to comment by polaarbear in How can the chicks breathe in their shell? by You_Smiled
The air has to come out somewhere as it expands. Sometimes it can get out through the micropores in the egg and sometimes it can't and the shell cracks. Has nothing to do with if its overcooked at all, as the trapped air will be the very first thing to get hot during cooking.
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