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Tuesday 15 August 2017

Video: Nnamdi Kanu Inspects Biafra Secret Service (BSS) In Abia

Kanu
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu has released a video showing the Biafra Secret Service BSS, whose mission is to defend the freedom course if necessary.

Volunteers are allegedly from different states, including Delta, Rivers, Imo, Abia and other parts of the South East.
Kanu is seen walking amidst the group inaugurated to defend Biafranland and would employ force where necessary to restore Biafra.



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Sunday 6 August 2017

Ostrich Egg: 9 Amazing Facts About The World's Largest Cell

Ostrich Egg

Ostrich is known as the largest, flightless bird with long legs and a long neck that protrudes from a round massive body.
According to the African Wildlife Foundation, the Ostrich can grow up to 9 feet (2.7 meters) tall and can weigh up to 320 lbs. (145 kilograms), thus it's not surprising for a bird that large to lay the world's largest egg. 

9 Facts about the world's Largest Egg

1. One egg of an Ostrich is equivalent to 20-24 chicken eggs, thus one person is unlikely to finish one Ostrich egg.

2. Ostrich eggs are 6 inches (15 cm) in diameter and can weigh up to 3 lbs. (1.3 kg)

3. The eggs are laid in a communal nest called a dump nest, which can hold about 60 eggs at a time.

4. After laying the eggs, both males and the females Ostriches sit on the eggs until they hatch, which can take 42 to 46 days.

5. The colour of an Ostrich egg ranges from pearl white to cream with a thickness of 0.06 inches - quite strong. In other words, the shell of the Ostrich egg is strong enough to bear the weight of an adult man. Although the size is small compared to the size or weight of the bird itself.

Ostrich egg as food

Ostrich egg

6. In a popular London restaurants like that of bar Florentine in Lambeth, Ostrich egg is served as part of a huge full English breakfast for £65 – feeding four to six people.

7. Unfortunately for those of you on diet, one Ostrich egg contains up to 2,000 calories and 144g of protein, which adds up to almost three times the daily adult protein intake recommended by the NHS.

8. It takes the largest set of frying pan to fry one Ostrich egg and it also takes 2 hours took thoroughly boil one of it.

Read Also: Benefits of Eating Dietary Fiber 

Nutritional Value

9. The nutritional content of the Ostrich egg includes calcium, phosphorus and vitamins like Vitamin A, vitamin E, riboflavin and thiamine - as well as trace elements such as magnesium, manganese, selenium, zinc copper and iron.

Besides the eggs laid by extinct species like the elephant birds of Madagascar and the giant moa of New Zealand which were much larger, the ostrich egg is currently the world's largest.

WATCH How to Prepare an Ostrich Egg