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Tohrchur t1_itzt2hu wrote

Reply to comment by benvonpluton in How can the chicks breathe in their shell? by You_Smiled

does that mean ostrich eggs are roughly the maximum size for an egg?

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AtmaJnana t1_itzznri wrote

Ostrich eggs are not the largest known eggs. Elephant bird eggs apparently ranged up to about twice as large as the average ostrich egg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_egg#Structure

>Dinosaur eggs vary greatly in size and shape, but even the largest dinosaur eggs (Megaloolithus) are smaller than the largest known bird eggs, which were laid by the extinct elephant bird.

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