Baby T rex goes on sale on eBay, sparking paleontologists' outcry

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/16/baby-t-rex-for-sale-ebay-paleontology-outcry

by deesep • 7 years ago

4 4 7 years ago

Is my opinion that this should not belong to anybody but to everybody unpopular?

deesep• 7 years ago

I agree this should belong to everybody, but fossil hunting is an expensive venture. Here is a quote from Alan Detrich, thw owner of the T rex.

[1] “Millionaires aren’t rich enough to buy these dinosaurs. I don’t have a problem with selling to billionaires, because they’ve got enough money to protect this fossil and take really good care of it … At some point, all these things end up in museums.”

At some point these things end up in museums.

I guess you can call it a win-win.

[1] - [https://www2.ljworld.com/news/ku/2019/apr/10/ku-museum-pulls...

RenRav• 7 years ago

I'm sure whoever buys it will let researchers examine it, but maybe that's too optimistic.

tmm84• 7 years ago

My feelings :

"It belongs in a museum!" - Indiana Jones

Baby T rex goes on sale on eBay, sparking paleontologists' outcry

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