Inside the Booming Market for Dinosaur Fossils
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Hello and welcome to another episode of the OddLots Podcast. I'm Tracy Alloway.
And I'm Joe Weisenthal.
Joe, when you were a kid, or do your children now, are they into dinosaurs? Did you go through a dinosaur phase?
Yeah, yeah, absolutely. I loved dinosaurs as a kid. My kids are, of course, into dinosaurs. They're really into not only dinosaurs, but telling me which prehistoric animals aren't dinosaurs.
Wait, does this come up a lot in conversation?
Yeah, because I'm a troll to them. So I'll be like, what's your favorite? Oh, no, Joe. No, but I'll say things like, what's your favorite dinosaur? Mine's the pterodactyl. And then my daughter rolls her eyes like, Dad, pterodactyl is not technically a dinosaur.
Wait, is that true?
I did not know that. Yeah, yeah.
Wait, explain.
It's something I don't understand it. Apparently, it's not technically a dinosaur. It's a prehistoric animal of some different nature that is technically not a dinosaur. Look it up.
All right. Well, learn something new every day.
You know what? I'm going to sound like a crank here. I'm not a flat earther, but I'm skeptical of dinosaurs. I'm sure they existed, and I know we have fossil records of them, but here's what I don't get, okay? And I know this isn't technically the topic, but I'm just kidding. So it's like, okay, we had all these animals and they're really crazy looking, these big beasts, and they sort of look like dragons in some cases or lizards or gigantic. And then they all went extinct for some reason, probably a meteor or something. And then evolution started again. We got a new set and the new animals don't look anything like the dinosaurs by and large.
That's not true. Chickens look like little dinosaurs.
Come on. No, they don't.
Yeah, they do.
I'm sorry, they don't. They don't. They do. They don't. I've seen Jurassic Park. I've been to the museum. I love looking at the fossil records. I know what chickens look like.
No, chickens have a total reptilian vibe. You can see it.
I disagree.
All right.
Okay, so this podcast is going to be- But where's the Tyrannosaurus? There's nothing that looks like a Tyrannosaurus. There's nothing that looks like a Brontosaurus.
Strong disagree. A lot of birds look like T-Rexes. Okay.
Oh, this is the other thing. Oh, there were birds and they actually had feathers. That's certainly not how they're depicted in like a lot of Well, when you were growing up. A lot of birds look like T-Rexes. What?
Why are dinosaur fossils becoming popular among millionaires?
Yes. No, they don't.
They do. No, they don't. Okay. This could be 60 minutes of Joe and I arguing.
A bird looks like a T-Rex? What? It does. Come on.
You need to look at more birds, Joe. That's your problem. Okay. Rather than us keep going with this, we're going to talk about a market, an interesting market. A market that unusually, for nowadays, is actually going up and is at records, and that is the fossil market, the dinosaur fossil market.
Okay, now this I'm very interested in.
Now I have your attention.
I believe that fossils exist.
Okay.
I'm glad we established that. I actually was at a dinner once, and I met someone who is a commercial fossil pursuer, hunter, collector, whatever.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:27
2
Why are dinosaur fossils becoming popular among millionaires?
3:27–19:04
3
How does the private market for dinosaur fossils work?
19:04–23:46
4
What makes dinosaur fossils valuable in today's market?
23:46–26:13
5
What ethical questions arise in the fossil trade?
26:13–47:34
6
How are dinosaur fossils discovered and excavated?
47:34–51:46
Speakers
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