Nature never ceases to amaze us — and a “perfectly spherical” chicken egg is possibly as amazing as it gets. The egg has attracted an “unbelievable” 480 pounds (around Rs46,000/$741) on internet auction site eBay. A Buff Orpington hen named “Ping Pong”, which belongs to Kim Broughton of Essex county in Britain, laid the unusually round egg on February 17, BBC reported on Sunday.
The egg, which has been fondly named the “Scarlett Johansson of the chicken world”, attracted 64 bids, but the identity of the winner was not known. Broughton decided to auction the egg in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust after her friend’s son died from the disease. Broughton said she was tempted to cook and eat the egg before being told it was “one-in-a-billion”.