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Baby T rex fossil goes on sale on eBay, sparking paleontologists' outcry
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Honestly? If I found dinosaur bones then I would have done the samething. Only difference is I would have sold it to researchers if possible.
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Sure, all the museums have to do is buy it and its theirs. I really don't have an issue with this. He lent it out for 2 years.
Wait, why didn't they analyze it during the two years it was at the university? Why are they complaining now?
Researchers:
Also, why did they drag their feet for two years? Throw that bitch in a scanner and call it day.
They should have been analyzing the fossils instead of just putting it out for display for two years.
True.
In that case I would have just cashed in. After all what would a bunch of dinosaur bones even benefit humans other than curiousity or history of the dinosaurs. You wouldn't get another chance to get rich that easily.
I don't see the problem. The guy is the one who found it and is within his right to do whatever he wants with it, including selling it on eBay.
I really hate that line.
I really hate that line.
But do they honor the pinky swear? Because if I ever found a fossil, I want to name it after myself. Not the species, but that specific dinosaur.
It will be hilarious if it sells for more than the 5 million that a live dinosaur sold for in that Jurassic Park movie.
You don't need to insult people without quoting them to get your point across.
Maybe to analyze it they needed to cut it in half or something and the owner didn't want that?
$20 bucks says this dude saw what the dino bones at that Paris auction last year went for and saw $$$ signs every time he thought about what he found. Anyway I'll be mad at him if he gave the bones to the university but only as an exhibit item and not to study it. If he gave them to the university and told them do whatever and they choose to only exhibit it. Then that's on them.
It's always awful when valuable fossils are sold off like this. These things are parts of our natural history and once they hit private collections more often than not we all lose. Those fossils will never be shared with the public or with scientists. Fossils should be made wards of the state and go to museums.
Also, for those people saying "why didn't the museum study them when they had the chance". Study often requires taking physical samples and the museum probably did not have this guy's permission to do so.
Also, for those people saying "why didn't the museum study them when they had the chance". Study often requires taking physical samples and the museum probably did not have this guy's permission to do so.
I'd support a legislative change to make fossils common property of state where they were discovered. However, I can't fault the guy for selling them for millions of dollars. That's not the type of money that normal people can turn down.
Which part was an insult? I'm sure unethical people in any country would be happy to sell off national treasures to greedy collectors, but only in America is that attitude celebrated quite so much, even in a supposedly progressive place like resetera.
Because fossils are of scientific interest and offer insight into our planets history, the rest of humanity should not be deprived of more knowledge just because some random person claims ownership.
I agree
America is 300 million plus people. calling out all Americans is just lazy and stupid. It's a straw man argument.
In America something found on your land is yours, pretty nice tbqh
I think an exception might be valuable resources like minerals or oil though.
