Dinosaur skeletons aren’t decor – they shouldn’t be sold to the highest bidder | Brian Switek
by Brian Switek from on (#MKWC)
An allosaurus is expected to fetch more than 300,000 when it comes up for auction in November. Turning this fossil into a status symbol is a loss for science
When I was a fossil-crazed kid, all I wanted was my very own dinosaur. A living one, like a small apatosaurus I could ride to school, was what I desired most, but I would have happily settled for a fossil one. As I've grown older and helped palaeontologists dig up ancient bones around the American west, though, I've had a change of heart. The living room is no place for any dinosaur, and I fear that is where a juvenile allosaurus due for auction might end up.
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