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Hard-boiled penguin eggs
Hard-Boiled Penguin Eggs
These are specifically Gentoo penguin eggs and are eaten in the Falkland Islands near Argentina where these penguins nest. Apparently the taste is quite strongly fishy, probably from the birds’ diet. (Sauce: malformalady)
DPunicorn
SexPenguinWhoreNunToTheArchdoiceseAndOligarchy
My God what are you doing
CyclePathe
Eggshellent
squishybaker
install gentoo.
TAKEITEASYIMJUSTKIDDING
WHY AM I JUST NOW SEEING THIS AT 33? YOU FAILED ME STUMBLE UPON
LorindaLogan
I did not want to know this, but it's sure something I'll never forget.
AlmightyDiapahbetusGarlicGerbil
I'd rather die eating tree bark than take a bite into that..
McDurpalurp
You're a hard boiled penguin egg!
griff1821
ick i wouldnt eat it
BokchoyIsAWhiteVegetable
Odd....I can't fathom eating a penguin egg - fried or boiled or whatever, yet I have no issues eating Chinese thousand year old eggs.
lifeisapicnic
That yolk looks like it lives in an ice cube!
Kibblor
Pafolo
rianocerous
That's clearly awesome.
MissSpelledTattoo
No opacity in this observation!
Eeksy
TomaBear
Noooooooooooo
Tinkerbellatrix
noooo thank you.
DinoKebab
This is actually what us and Argentina have been fighting over for many years.
yomancs
Penguins are my favorite they had better not be on any endangered list
Proboscidea4815162342
UHFStation
Clearly not a chicken egg.
zflazeda
you're not wrong
stevecareII
Ken M?
MissSpelledTattoo
Clearly eggshellent
ironjudas
illumaknotty
@wasubbie metal as f
tybruceh
Banana for scale? It looks huge next to the knife..
crocodiledundee
That's not a knife...
tybruceh
Bad perspective/angle.. all knifes are not the same size.. unlike bananas which are.
MozillaFirecox
carrotsoup
this is adorable
yomancs
He walks to the store by himself and gets his fish launch
carrotsoup
I can totally imagine it and ah my ovaries just exploded
GreenFox
TIL: Gentoo is more than just a Linux distro...
Eadrom
The Gentoo penguin is the fastest penguin species and the namesake of the Gentoo Linux distribution.
TurboDave
Makes me wonder if Gentoo is just a pun off the Linux logo.
Eadrom
It is not. See https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/FAQ#How_is_Gentoo_pronounced.2C_and_what_does_it_mean.3F
mdr4118
"Probably from the Penguins diet" ?? So this individual is leaving a small window open for something else causing this fishy taste, hmmm
PleaseDontRespondToMySarcasticCommentsWithASeriousReply
AlaSnackbar
I'll take that action
Xeverik67
YouCannotUnSeeThis
come on man, dont tell me you would have come up with something better.
Xeverik67
Nope. Couldn't have. But still...
pravetz
Private! Tactical analysis on that breakfast food, stat!
PrettySoldierSailorMoon
That was my reaction too.
funuget
I'm responding to your comment.
PleaseDontRespondToMySarcasticCommentsWithASeriousReply
Are you responding seriously, though?
funuget
I don't know, am I?
MilDravin
sciency persons, why the hell is the 'whites' look like silicon!?!?
DanWraith
All the Jellyfish they eat.
jonestown
One of the things I love about this place - ask a question, doesn't matter how off the wall, and someone knows the answer
Strostkovy
silicone
scientificburrito
Denatured proteins
ThatsASeamus
SiliconE - http://kddidit.com/images/pinterest/pinterest-388-siliconE.png
BruceValanchesSecondChin
yolk implants
dghammer
Because of testicular cancer.
abundantbadgers
OMG Karen you can't just ask why the whites look like silicon!
SpaceSphere
rhinostone
What's this from
gordy77
Penguins = 90% antifreeze, 10% tap dancing.
OneZebraInAHerdOfWildebeests
Science of imgur isn't anything like science of tumblr
BreenW
Indeed. No where near the oppression of imgur science.
Millillion
WTF, they look nothing like silicon.
Arrrrgggggghhhh
Pretty sure he means the clear part not the yellow part.
Millillion
I was making a joke about it being silicone, not silicon.
Arrrrgggggghhhh
zoom straight over my head
dontsayretarded0itsgay
Ok chik egg whites consist >12 proteins. They unwind and refract light when cooked. They also freeze(problm for antarctic birds) Peng eggs<
dontsayretarded0itsgay
>may have(I never studied peng eggs) more fatts in the white to prevent freezing
dontsayretarded0itsgay
*fats
scientificburrito
They might also contain a high amount of oils. I doubt they are high in saturated fats since that would coagulate at low temps.
dontsayretarded0itsgay
I wanted to say lipid but I also wanted to be understood :-/
twostepsfromlost
My guess is the oil theses birds are on islands that don't go below -5°C which isnt all that cold when compared to other penguins.
dontsayretarded0itsgay
But birds have to keep their eggs way above freezing so my theory is somewhat bunky. I still think theyre more oily tho
Corona688
But fats also have a higher insulation value, no?
marakesha
Perhaps anti-freeze proteins instead?
scientificburrito
That's what I would assume. Either total protein content is low or very thermo-stable.
carrotsoup
thank you sciency person
kiwiflavored
Seconded :) Very informative.
fusk
What kind of a monster eats penguin eggs.
Kijeok
Right? Like... aren't they fertilized?
Orkimond
Same as chicken eggs unless this species has population issues (as many do). Also, if the fetus is so small you cant see it who gives af.
BigbrotherEdward
What kind of monster eats chikens eggs?
Hanselhessohotrightnow
Chicken eggs don't have fetuses
BigbrotherEdward
Not sure if im getting baited or you dont know how eggs work.
Hanselhessohotrightnow
Not sure if you know how hens work dude.
ForALimitedTimeOnly
The only reason store brought eggs are fertile is because the layers are rarely in contact with roosters.
zflazeda
do YOU not know how eggs work?
TwistedAttitudes
But they can, and its not uncommon in other parts of the world to eat the unhatched chicken fetus (not looking to continue just info drop)
Hanselhessohotrightnow
I know, I grew up on a small farm. Gross. But it's weird some adults think their eating scrambled chicks.