The egg that made news in China ~

A hen in China has produced a soft-shelled egg in the shape of a figure eight or hour-glass. A photograph was taken to record this strange phenomena:

Mrs Dong, of Shijiazhuang, northern China's Hebei province, first suspected something unusual when she heard the hen making strange noises one night. 'I had never heard anything like it before. When I approached she stopped making the noise but as soon as I left she started again,' she said. 'The next morning, I was so surprised to find the weird-shaped egg in the hen's cage.'

Mrs Dong has decided not to sell or eat the egg but is keeping it, preserved in a box, because it is so unusual.

Professor Wu Yuefeng of Hebei University's Life Science department, commented 'It's very rare to see such a weird-shaped egg. This will be the result of a lack of calcium in the hen's diet which has prevented it from creating a hard shell.

Legend of the Chinese Dragon ~

The farther dragons travel from their home in China, the more toes they lose. Fortunately, Will and Guy have discovered, when wandering dragons return home to China, all their missing toes grow back. Since most dragons would prefer to keep all their toes, all the time, few dragons ever wander very far from home.

In addition to China, Korea and Japan use dragons in their art. Fortunately, it's easy to tell the difference: just count the dragon's toes.

1. Chinese dragons have five toes.
2. Korean dragons have four toes.
3. Japanese dragons have three toes.

 

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