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Scramble

Scramble

This was about half of the egg, and after we ate, there was about a third of this left over.

 

Contents

Contents

Yeah, just over half a quart of egg.

 

Draining

Draining

 

Trepanation

Trepanation

This was the first hole we drilled - we actually had to make it wider afterwards to get any of the egg out.

 

Trepanation

Trepanation

We wanted to keep the eggshell. When you empty out a chicken egg, you poke it with a pin at the top and bottom and blow out the contents. With the emu egg, we had to use a drill.

 

Starting incision

Starting incision

 

Starting incision

Starting incision

Moriah's cutting a mark into the outer shell as a guide for the drill.

 

Clean room

Clean room

Actually the sink.

 

Prepping for surgery

Prepping for surgery

Moriah swaddled the egg in a dish towel to keep it steady for the upcoming procedure.

 

Egg of man

Egg of man

 

Display

Display

 

Comparison

Comparison

 

Emu egg

Emu egg

 

Emu egg

Emu egg

 

Scout Niblett

Scout Niblett

 

Scout Niblett

Scout Niblett

 

Scout Niblett

Scout Niblett

 

Scout Niblett

Scout Niblett

 

Scout Niblett

Scout Niblett

 

Scout Niblett

Scout Niblett