Hey, so I just came across this page. the answer to your situation about the egg exploding is a simple one. If you try to wrench/mine/break the siphon while the egg is still on it, the siphon is made to explode and also destroy the egg. The safe way to keep both is to remove the egg from the siphon first, and then remove the siphon.
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