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Victorian Egg Collector's Extreme Obsession
- Major Charles Bendire climbed under fire to take a zone-tailed hawk egg and held it in his mouth until it became stuck.
- His men removed a tooth to free the egg, illustrating obsessive 19th-century egg collectors and risky
Egg Collecting Became A Male Subculture
- Egg collecting was a culturally male, risky hobby and remains an obsession for a small group despite being illegal now.
- Enforcement exists and collectors are monitored, showing how subcultures persist after laws change.
Museum Egg Heist By A Wheelchair Impostor
- Walter Rothschild amassed a vast egg collection and a thief posed as a wheelchair user to steal around ten thousand eggs over three years.
- The thief mixed labels to conceal the theft, highlighting museum vulnerabilities.