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Chances are that by now, you've seen the viral video of a golden retriever holding an egg in its mouth for a whole minute without breaking it. If you haven't, then here's the lowdown. Twitter user Laurdreyfuss' aunt read online that a golden retriever’s mouth is so gentle they can hold an egg without cracking it.
She attempted to bust the myth with her golden retriever, Sookie, and to everyone's surprise, the egg survived for a good while inside Sookie's mouth.
my aunt read online that a golden retriever’s mouth is so gentle they can hold an egg in their mouth without cracking it so she tried it on her dog and well pic.twitter.com/6SDyUI3v4j
— elizabeth gillies fan account (@Iaurdreyfuss) February 4, 2018
In fact, the egg was like a new friend Sookie didn't want to let go of! The challenge was equal parts heartwarming, hilarious, and adorable. Which is the recipe for a lot of memes circulating the internet these days.
So now, people have started taking part in what has been dubbed the golden retriever egg challenge, with mixed results...
My parents did the egg challenge with my Golden Retriever today and here were the results 😂 pic.twitter.com/eLcv4xZht9
But the challenge has now spread beyond just golden retrievers. And other breeds don't seem to be having quite as much success as golden retrievers are...
I tried to test the theory of a golden retriever’s mouth being so gentle that they won’t even crack an egg but my golden doodle is scared of the egg.... pic.twitter.com/qKzn2eEzL3
This Labrador didn't technically break it with his mouth...
Tried doing the golden retriever egg challenge with Watson.... technically it didn’t break in his mouth so 💁🏼♂️ labs are just as good. pic.twitter.com/XZbktl890C
