[mumofstig]

OH finished digging the pond and turned over the ground for another raised bed.

We also dug up a large pink leathery egg!  It was the size of a small goose egg and was pale pink with darker pink spots.  We put it in the waste ground behind the plot (after I finished freaking out a bit).  Any ideas?

(Question split from Gravediggers post in What I did on the Plot today)

[arugula]

Dinosaur?.... 

[8doubles]

Dinosaur?.... 

More likely a crocodile getting ready for when the pond`s full.

[arugula]

Bit big for a salamander after all......

[viettaclark]

Is it animal, vegetable or mineral?
My first thought was a rubber toy or something man-made. How long do you think it's been buried?

[arugula]

Could it be some sort of fungus? 

[sion01]

Could it be that a rat(s) had stolen a small goose/duck/swan egg and hidden it in the ground?

[Salmo]

Easter bunny?

[evie2]

It could be of great historical interest.  Phone Time Team, the least that would happen is, you'd get your garden dug over

[hogwarden]

Borrow a geiger counter and check for radioactivity-might be alien-prob. Quatermass via a time machine ready to hatch

[MOLUSC]

Sounds like a snake egg to me but i dont know of any native snakes that would have eggs that large (grass snakes have eggs to about an inch in size)

[jazzbyrd]

[solway cropper]

It's a pink leather egg. The little pink cows lay them.

Now, where did I put my medication?

[Gravedigger]

It could be of great historical interest.  Phone Time Team, the least that would happen is, you'd get your garden dug over

lol - no need I'm an archaeologist.  Have never seen this before though and definitely natural rather than man-made.

I think it is likely to be an egg buried by rodents then preserved in the water-logged conditions

[hogwarden]

It's a pink leather egg. The little pink cows lay them.

-That`ll be Ermintrudes then..!



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