Here is a picture of a granular egg from the inside showing probable protein noduals lodged in the membrain of granular eggs. This egg has been stripped of all calcium.
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So you thought those were calcium deposits
Sighthunter
Jan 19, 2006 10:52 PM
Replies (4)
MaxPeterson
Jan 20, 2006 12:21 AM
Did you eat the ones that you pickled in vinegar, or did you take them straight up & raw? 
Did you get to hallucinate? 
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Sighthunter
Jan 20, 2006 09:10 AM
Jury is out, my hunch was that they contain a toxic protien of sorts. Yes I chewed on them but it is hard to distinguish between the natural brain damage and that which is induced.
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Sighthunter
Jan 20, 2006 03:14 PM
Although the bumps are lodged in the center of the membrain and penetrate front and back they do seem to secrete additional calcium crystals on the noduals themselves.
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Sighthunter
Jan 20, 2006 03:26 PM
Under higher magnification the membrain itself has fingers protruding from the noduals and when the calcium is layed down coats the fingers to make them appear as crystals!
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