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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the nickname of 66-million-year-old egg (second-largest egg in the world) found in Antarctica’s Seymour Island?
A
The Sphere
B
The Thing
C
The Egg
D
The Rock
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The mystery revolving around the discovery of a 66-million-year-old egg, a.k.a ‘The Thing, ’ in Antarctica has finally been resolved by scientists.

Detailed explanation-2: -Scientists find 66-million-year-old sea lizard egg in Antarctica, the biggest ever recorded Back to video. Not knowing what it was, the researchers brought it back to Chile’s National Museum of Natural History, where it remained unstudied for years.

Detailed explanation-3: -Scientists have discovered a rare, perfectly preserved embryo inside a fossilised dinosaur egg about to hatch from at least 66 million years ago. The embryo, named ‘Baby Yingliang’, was found in the Late Cretaceous rocks of Ganzhou, in southern China, and belongs to a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur.

Detailed explanation-4: -Scientists recently reported an unusual finding: the discovery of the second-largest egg known to exist. The egg, a 68 million-year-old fossil, was found on Seymour Island, off the coast of Antarctica. The fossil is said to be about the size of a football – without the air inside.

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