Bizarre: This oddly-shaped egg (left) - featuring a 3cm-long tail - was discovered at a house in Lingen, northern China. Laid by a hen, it is slightly larger than the average egg (right) - and also has a small, twisted tailWe are sure you have seen a lot of eggs in your earthly existence but one with a tail is surely not something you come across on a daily basis.
This bizarre egg with a 3cm long tail was discovered at a house in Lingen, China.
The egg which is said to be a little larger than your everyday egg has a twisted tail which makes one a bot reluctant to eat.
It was found in the home of a villager, Mr Lu, who keeps several hens. Lu said he has never seen such a strange hen before refusing to divulge what hos plans are for the strange specimen.
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Bizarre: This oddly-shaped egg (left) – featuring a 3cm-long tail – was discovered at a house in Lingen, northern China. Laid by a hen, it is slightly larger than the average egg (right) – and also has a small, twisted tail

The unusual accessory might make the egg less appealing to eat, but also makes it easier to crack
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Bizarre: This oddly-shaped egg - featuring a 3cm-long tail - was discovered at a house in Lingen, north China
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Strange: The unusual accessory might make the egg less appealing to eat, but also makes it easier to crack

Laid by a hen, it is slightly larger than the average egg – and also has a small, twisted tail.
But while its odd accessory might make it less appealing to eat, it also has one advantage – it makes the egg far easier to crack.
The misshapen food was found by a villager known as Mr Lu at his home in Liyuan village in Shanxi province, which situated along the banks of the Fen River.
Mr Lu, who keeps several hens at his house, said he had never seen such a strange egg before – but did not say whether he would be sampling the oddity.
Discovery: The misshapen food was found by a villager known as Mr Lu at his home in Liyuan, Shanxi province
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Discovery: The misshapen food was found by a villager known as Mr Lu at his home in Liyuan, Shanxi province

While is not uncommon for birds to produce oddly-shaped eggs, experts cannot agree what causes other animals, such as hens, to lay eggs with tails.
However, some suspect the fowl could produce such a bizarre creation as a result of stress.
It is not the first time a Chinese hen has popped out such an unusual egg.
Contrast: Mr Lu said he had never seen such a strange egg before - but did not say whether he would eat it
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Contrast: Mr Lu said he had never seen such a strange egg before – but did not say whether he would eat it

In May 2012, a hen in Hukou seemingly forgot the rules of nature by laying an egg with a fatty inch-long tail.
The egg itself was a little smaller than normal, but its oddity meant it measured a lofty 8.5cm in length.
And, according to China News, a ‘spoon-shaped’ egg was laid by a hen in Huaibei City in China’s Anhui province in January 2005.