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2012-03-27 Highest price paid for an egg?
The highest price
paid for an egg was £1,000.00 pounds Sterling
for an egg of the extent Aepyornis
maximus
Aepyorni maximus was a giant, flightless ratite native to Madagascar and
has been extinct since at least the 17th century. It was the world's largest bird, believed to have been 3 metres
(10 ft) tall and weighing close to half a ton – 400 kilograms
(880 lb). Remains of Aepyornis adults and eggs have been found; in
some cases the eggs have a circumference of over 1 meter (3.3 ft) and a
length up to 34 centimetres (13 in). The egg volume is about 160 times
greater than a chicken egg. |