Definitely real dinosaur egg - WITH YOLK!

[Aurelius]

Just spotted this beauty on a well known auction website. Looks like you could crack it into a pan and have a lovely fried egg sandwich, doesn't it?

 

It had bids, up to a reasonable sum of money (a lot of money, considering that it's just a rock). I messaged the seller to tell him it was just a rock. He replied 'I've had 2 collectors look at it since I listed it, it is a fossilized egg'.

 

Fair enough. I know better than to argue with two collectors.

 

He did, however, close the auction immediately after my email, despite his reply. Part of me hopes a greedy collector nabbed it with a cash offer.

 

[SailingAlongToo]

Would be hilarious if it showed up on TFF for an ID. 

[DPS Ammonite]

Somebody overcooked it by a few million years.

[ynot]

1 hour ago, DPS Ammonite said:

Somebody overcooked it by a few million years.

That is what happens when it is laid in a volcano.

[Pumpkinhead]

That totally looks real. Probably a griffin or a phoenix egg or something. Looks like the yolks on you

[doushantuo]

200 dollar fine for bad punning!!

[DPS Ammonite]

This was the first failed attempt to make the famous Chinese dish: Thousand Year Old Egg.

[Hunterc123]

I legitimately saw the same thing, I just reported it. I was kinda wondering who was, sadly, gullible enough to buy it?

[Pemphix]

 

 

[Seguidora-de-Isis]

Perfect buy for who wants to buy eggs that are from mythological animals, from Harry Potter.

 

Complete Kit:

[Pumpkinhead]

4 hours ago, Seguidora-de-Isis said:

Perfect buy for who wants to buy eggs that are from mythological animals, from Harry Potter.

 

Complete Kit:

 

You, sir, are an entrepreneur.

[oilshale]

On 6/8/2017 at 2:38 AM, Hunterc123 said:

I legitimately saw the same thing, I just reported it. I was kinda wondering who would buy it.

 

You can bet on it! Someone will.

[Fossildude19]

On 6/7/2017 at 8:29 PM, DPS Ammonite said:

Somebody overcooked it by a few million years.

 

Now THAT is a truly HARD boiled egg.  

[Kane]

7 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

 

Now THAT is a truly HARD boiled egg.  

You mean like this one, which I think comes from the same formation  

[Fossildude19]

1 minute ago, Kane said:

You mean like this one, which I think comes from the same formation  

 

Egg-zaclty!  

[doushantuo]

Can i hit you over the head with....

uh

basically anything?

Bathymetrically speaking,this can't be beaten

 

[Fossildude19]

On 6/8/2017 at 2:38 AM, Hunterc123 said:

I legitimately saw the same thing, I just reported it. I was kinda wondering who was, sadly, gullible enough to buy it?

 

Unfortunately, many people who are inexperienced with fossils will fall prey to what they perceive to be legitimate fossils. 

Knowledge is power. 

I still find myself baffled that anyone buys the copious amounts of "Sinohydrosaurus fossils" on the auction sites.