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eppur_se_muova

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3. Great -- amateur grave robbers, presumably with no certified guides, becaue rich people don't need stuff like that.

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Sat Feb 7, 2026, 10:11 AM

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Once a fossil is removed from the ground, all the info regarding the environment in which it formed is lost and cannot be recreated. Preserved for (hundreds of) millions of years, then wiped out in a single day by egotists searching for "interesting" souvenirs.

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Why would anybody hang out with that weirdo? Boo1 Saturday #1

Did they bury any bones there? travelingthrulife Saturday #2

Great -- amateur grave robbers, presumably with no certified guides, becaue rich people don't need stuff like that. eppur_se_muova Saturday #3

I think some people (not necessarily in their case) hunt for bones but don't take them for themselves AZJonnie Saturday #5

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