The largest egg in the world puts up for auct

Sussex (United Kingdom): The completely fossilized elephant bird egg, discovered by archaeologists in the late 1800s or early 1900s, is being put up for auction on April 24 by Christie's Auction House. It has been appraised at $45,000, but according to experts it could be sold for even more than that. It is said to be the largest egg ever recorded and engineers have calculated that structurally and functionally it is impossible for any egg to be larger than this. The extinct elephant bird egg ...