The biggest eggs! The smallest eggs! The people arrested for stealing the most eggs! Oologist Dr. John Bates gave Alie a tour of the egg vault at the Field Museum of Chicago and it was a barrage of beautiful sights and shocking facts about bird butts. Get ready for speckly eggs, falcon mysteries, delicate treasures, pigeon mysteries, modern research with old artifacts, Easter bullshit, and whether or not you can hatch chickens from grocery store eggs. Also the carnival ride Alie will never ever ever go on.

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bleeped episode

Field Museum of Chicago

The Book of Eggs

Some links which may be of use to you:

Eggin’ Old School Style

“The Book of Eggs”

Ming Vase or Egg YOU DECIDE

Egggspensive elephant bird eggs

In case you need to hacksaw an emu egg

Chalaza — kind of like the slingshot ride