Spherical egg found by Suffolk resident Jo Bentley leaves BBC News Suffolk and egg collectors gobsmacked, with experts calling it a billion-to-one marvel possibly worth hundreds of pounds—unless boiled. The rare egg’s perfect shape caused a local stir, with Jo admitting, “I almost made an omelette!”

Egg collectors say Jo Bentley’s Suffolk find could crack auction records, as such perfect spheres are almost never seen outside science labs. Spherical eggs like Bentley’s are considered rarer than four-leaf clovers, and eggsperts warn that careless boiling could scramble the egg’s value forever—a real yolk on history.

True spherical eggs occur in fewer than 1 out of 1,000,000,000 chicken lays—rarer than blue lobster landings.