Question

Largest egg is that of
a. Ostrich
b. Whale
c. Whale shark
d. Cycas

Answer 1

Eggs are seen in different female animals and birds, and there are land and aquatic animals also, so in every class there is the largest egg, in the perspective of that animal, but the eggs are mainly laid and hatch by the birds, compared to others.

Complete answer:
There are different animals having eggs.
But the largest egg is actually seen in Whale shark, but the thing is that this whale shark does not lay and hatch the egg, it is an aquatic animal, where the egg is present inside the whale and hatches inside the mother whale shark, so technically speaking that mother whale shark gives live birth to babies rather than laying eggs. It is because that Whale shark is the mammal, and the mammals won’t lay eggs.

So the largest underwater egg is seen in whale shark and the largest land egg is seen in the ostrich.
- It is the largest egg, among all land animals and birds
- Where the average length of the egg is 150mm or 6 inches in length.
- When to the diameter, the average is 125 mm in diameter or 5 inches or 7 inches approximately. Which means 17.5 Cm.
- The weight of the egg is 1.35kg or 3 pounds. So this is considered the world’s largest egg.

So if the question is asked as the largest land egg it is an ostrich, and generally the largest is the whale shark, even though it doesn't lay eggs, it is the largest.
Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note: In birds, the largest egg is related to the body size is seen in Kiwi, which is 25% of its body size. And the largest reptile eggs are seen in saltwater crocodiles, the largest amphibian egg is seen in Chinese giant salamander, and the largest mammal egg is a western large beaked echidna.