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| | Did you Know...?: The Beano: The UK's Favorite Comic |
 | | The Beano's original cover star was Big Eggo, a bug-eyed ostrich who made his living as a zookeeper, but secretly aspires to be a hen, stealing eggs every now and again so he can sit atop them and perfect his hen-like illusion. |
 | | Apparently, the pretending helps, as later in the series, Big Eggo is seen actually laying eggs, which are subsequently stolen by snakes, monkeys, crocodiles and the like. |
 | | At one point, in an attempt to avenge one of many egg thefts, Big Eggo gets a snake to swallow a golf ball, then strings him up and uses him as a punching bag. |
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