THE MOST PERFECT THING

'I think that, if required on pain of death to name instantly the most perfect thing in the universe, I should risk my fate on a bir d's egg' Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1862How are eggs of different shapes made, and why are they the shape they are? When does the s hell of an egg harden? Why do some eggs contain two yolks? How are the colours and patterns of an eggshell created, and why do they vary? And which end of an egg is laid first - the blunt end or the pointy end?These are just some of the questions A Bird's Egg answ ers, as t...[Read more]