Fossilized bird egg sells at auction for more than $100,000

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Fossilized bird egg sells at auction for more than $100,000

A fossilized egg belonging to the largest known species of bird in history sold at an auction this week for $101,813. The elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus) egg was sold as part of Christie’s “Travel, Science and Natural History” collection. The elephant bird went extinct sometime in the 17th or 18th century. It grew to 10 [...]

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