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That's not the point of the story. It's actually about the T-Rex named Sue that was one of the first dinosaur fossils to be auctioned at an insane price, and ki
by Jaruzel 8y ago
That's not the point of the story. It's actually about the T-Rex named Sue that was one of the first dinosaur fossils to be auctioned at an insane price, and kickstarted the whole fossil-hunting-for-money industry.
- jandrese 8y agoAlso happens to be the most complete skeleton discovered of the most iconic dinosaur. The price was expected to be considerably above the average. I feel pretty bad for the paleontologists who got screwed in the end after doing all of the work.
- johan_larson 8y agoFossil hunting for money could be a good thing or a bad thing. On the one hand, there will be a lot more fossil-hunting, meaning more fossils will be found. But on the other, commercial hunters are likely to be much less careful with fossils than scientists would be. Anyone know how the tradeoffs work out?