Round egg could sell for thousands

A one-in-a-billion, perfectly round egg bought by a shopper at their local supermarket could sell for thousand of dollars.   

Former Channel Seven newsreader Jacqueline Felgate, who now works at 3AW, reposted a video of the anomaly, which set off a string of puns amongst those who marvelled at the ‘eggcellent’ find.

The one-of-kind egg was bought in a regular supermarket carton from Woolworths at Fisherman’s Bend, Melbourne, and has been valued at over one thousand dollars – but many expect the price to go higher.

Former Channel Seven newsreader Jacqueline Felgate, who now works at 3AW, reposted a video of the anomaly, which set off a string of puns amongst those who marvelled at the ‘eggcellent’ find

The odds of discovering a round egg fall between one-in-a billion and one-in-1.25 billion, according to experts.

‘I thought I would share this eggcellent find – in our egg carton we found a round egg, and after a quick google realised it was one in a billion,’ the egg owner wrote.

‘Literally one in a billion eggs are round and the last one that was found sold for over $1,400!’

Others on the post shared in the amazement of seeing such a perfectly sculpted specimen.

‘The kids better not have eaten it,’ one person said.

The odds of discovering a perfectly round egg fall between one-in-a billion and one-in-1.25 billion, according to experts

Another joked: ‘Yolkidding me,’ 

‘The poor chicken that squeezed that one out,’ a third added.

Despite the storied history of these prized oddities drawing in large sums of cash, others still have trouble believing that lightning will strike again.

‘Folks buying eggs for $1400? That’s eggtortion,’ one person wrote.