Dinosaur dung sells for nearly $1,000
Associated Press
The prehistoric deposit fetched $960, said a spokeswoman for Bonhams
The fossilized dung is from the Jurassic era, the auction house said. It looks like a rock on the outside and a colorful mineral inside.
The buyer was Steve Tsengas of
Tsengas bought the dung in hopes of motivating his employees and using it as a marketing tool by displaying it at the company’s booth at trade shows, he said.
“Poop,” he said, “is a big business in the pet industry.”
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Filed by Associated Press April 30th, 2008 in Top Stories.
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