The egg is large enough to hold seven ostrich eggs, 180 chicken eggs or 12,000 hummingbird eggs.
Among the centre's most impressive examples is a rare, complete and colossal egg of the extinct Madagascan elephant birdOne of the biggest eggs in the world is being displayed to the public in Leeds.
Curator Rachel Machin said the centre's vast egg collection included "the staggeringly huge to the impossibly tiny".The 10ft tall and flightless Madagascan elephant bird became extinct about 1,000 years ago Also part of the collection are goldcrest eggs, believed to be the smallest laid by any British bird.
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