One cannot say when one’s luck will change. This is what happened to a person in America. A few months ago, he was digging behind his house when he saw bones. He collected them and brought them home and tied them together to give them the shape of a creature. But today you will be surprised to know that this creature made him a billionaire. In the auction, its bones were sold for 4.46 crore dollars i.e. about 373 crore rupees.
Don’t be surprised, these bones were not of any ordinary creature. Rather, they were of Stegosaurus dinosaur, which was named ‘Apex’. Jason Cooper, a resident of Colorado, found these bones behind his house. When it was put up for auction in New York, 7 people bid to buy it. But another person bought it by putting a price of 4.46 crore dollars. This auction has broken all records of auction of skeletons. It has become the most expensive fossil sold till date. It is being said that it was sold at a price almost 11 times more than its estimated price. Earlier, a skeleton was sold for 6 million dollars.
11 feet long, approximately 319 bones
Apex is 11 feet long. It has about 319 bones. Its structure shows that it must have been very strong. There is also evidence that it may have had arthritis, due to which it lived for a long time. Sotheby said that it was preserved in hard sandstone for so long, due to which its bones did not deteriorate. He said, if it was sold in the open market, then it would have probably fetched more money.
It was born in America
However, paleontologists are quite upset with this. They say that instead of selling it to a rich man, it should be kept in a museum. Steve Brusatte, professor of paleontology at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, told CNN in May that Apex is an important dinosaur fossil. It is a matter of shame, when people are so curious about it, then why is it being sold to a rich man. According to Sotheby’s, the person who has bought Apex is considering lending a sample of it to an institution in America. Apex was born in America and he is going to stay in America.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : July 18, 2024, 18:23 IST
