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The eggtra-ordinary orb was hatched in the early 17th century. It was laid by the now-extinct great elephant bird of Madagascar, a flightless beast which could weigh up to half a ton and measured 10ft tall.

Hundreds of years later, it has been painstakingly put back together from shell shards and will be put on sale this week at the Chelsea Antiques Fair in England.

Antiques dealer John Shepherd scrambled to lay his hands on an elephant egg for more than 20 years before finding this example which will cost it's new owner about $7000.

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Comments (8)

omelet anyone?... (Below threshold)
Cory:

omelet anyone?

I would eat the hell out of... (Below threshold)
Jib Jibby:

I would eat the hell out of that egg.

can you say yabadabadoo... (Below threshold)
shelly:

can you say yabadabadoo

Attsa mighty big egg... (Below threshold)
wildofski:

Attsa mighty big egg

"[...] this example which w... (Below threshold)
Eats, shoots, and leaves:

"[...] this example which will cost it's new owner about $7000"

Is it that no one cares about proper apostrophe usage these days, or that they just don't proofread anymore? :(

"It's" = "it is", people.

Think the eggs is big, How ... (Below threshold)
Tommy:

Think the eggs is big, How bout the hole it came out of

someone is right here, 'its... (Below threshold)
pounds:

someone is right here, 'its' should be the correct one......

ouch!... (Below threshold)
lonni:

ouch!


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