The eggshell looks like a century egg, but as mentioned by the comment the contents may have decomposed if the mud wasn't alkaline like the century egg production process.
I think they should not pierce it, but instead leave it for future humans to study.
Of course they are going to break it.
I wonder why they don't put it in a CT scanner first before breaking it.
>Scientists are eager to use DNA testing to establish the species that laid the egg
how much DNA is in an egg, isn't it just a single cell with a single nucleus? and if unfertilized is haploid?
I dare them to make an omelette wit that.
Story of an egg that never hatched.
I'm willing to bet there's a dragon in that egg.
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duke dennis must’ve saved the egg for breakfast but forgot about it loll
I guess they are scientists and know better than me, but my bet is that is will just contain sludge.
Egg shells are more organic than you expect.
This is why you use stuff like waterglass https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_silicate to seal them.