You could say that - the eggs I recently came across... well, I was trying to coax one of them to breed, to give a gift to an ally, but--

--it's quite a lot. It does make me wonder - if they're catching us by surprise, our allies must feel quite relaxed and safe. Wild beasts, for example, wouldn't... ahem, lay eggs... if they were in a situation where they did not feel they would be able to hatch. It's almost a relief that it's a common surprise.