Baby tyrannosaur’s eBay auction sparks outrage
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/baby-tyrannosaur-s-ebay-auction-sparks-outrage
A reconstruction of the bones of baby tyrannosaur Son of Sampson, which is on sale on eBay
It’s astonishing what you can buy on eBay. An ongoing auction on the site offers buyers the chance to own what is claimed to be “maybe the only” juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered for a whopping $2.95 million. Paleontologists have condemned the sale for boosting the price of scientifically valuable specimens, and also because a scientific institution—the University of Kansas (KU) Natural History Museum in Lawrence—displayed and promoted the specimen for more than a year.
Baby tyrannosaur’s eBay auction sparks outrage
Apr 15, 2019, 4:24pm UTC
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/04/baby-tyrannosaur-s-ebay-auction-sparks-outrage
> A reconstruction of the bones of baby tyrannosaur Son of Sampson, which is on sale on eBay
> It’s astonishing what you can buy on eBay. An ongoing auction on the site offers buyers the chance to own what is claimed to be “maybe the only” juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered for a whopping $2.95 million. Paleontologists have condemned the sale for boosting the price of scientifically valuable specimens, and also because a scientific institution—the University of Kansas (KU) Natural History Museum in Lawrence—displayed and promoted the specimen for more than a year.