Sep 9 20093rd Most Complete T. Rex Skeleton For Sale
"Samson", who is being billed as the third most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton (I would hit that like a meteor), will be on the auction block in Las Vegas October 3rd. Bidding is expected to top $6 million. Great. Anybody know how to rob a bank?
Experts say the 170 bones discovered about 17 years ago in South Dakota represent more than half the skeleton of a 40-foot-long, 7.5 ton dinosaur that lived 66 million years ago."This represents the pinnacle of paleontology," Lindgren told The Associated Press on Friday.
"Most of the major museums in the world have casts of T. rexes," as opposed to the real thing, he said. "Bidding on this T. rex is not going to be a gamble, it's going to be the opportunity of a lifetime to whoever gets it."
The more I think about it, the more I can't believe they're letting this happen. You can't just sell a dinosaur. I mean, dinosaurs are people too, you know? THEY'RE NOT LIKE PROSTITUTES. Also, I don't care if the auction is going down in Vegas, this is just horribly, horribly wrong (I'll give you $2,000 for one night alone. $600 for just the skull).
T. rex for sale: Dinosaur fossil on block in Vegas [yahoonews]
Thanks to everyone who sent this in, are any of you by chance millionaires?
Reader Comments
1. ech0z - September 9, 2009 5:46 PM
first. owned.
2. Jaycob - September 9, 2009 5:48 PM
lol where would you put it?
3. Leeto - September 9, 2009 5:54 PM
In the backyard. That's where. I want it!
4. spleu3ge - September 9, 2009 6:00 PM
GW - i'm concerned you're going mad - primarily in the nether regions.
5. Bethy - September 9, 2009 6:02 PM
if you've got the money to buy it, i'm sure you've got a nice spot for it. like a stage made of diamonds and gold, and the bones of somalian children.
6. sodomydemon - September 9, 2009 6:09 PM
You deserve this dino GW, do whatever it takes to make it yours
7. CHRYZ - September 9, 2009 6:17 PM
I agree with GW, dinosaurs cannt be sold!! They are part of the history of humanity. That thing should go straight to a museum or a university .
8. Milkman - September 9, 2009 6:21 PM
@7 I'm sure it will, right after a museum or university buys it
9. Bee - September 9, 2009 6:26 PM
I don't understand why they would be selling the remains of an extinct animal. You'd think these types of things would be much to rare to sell, just for luxury.
...Unless they were selling it to GW, of course.
10. naas - September 9, 2009 6:33 PM
bones
11. Dr. Spizz - September 9, 2009 6:39 PM
Not trying to be an ass but I can't help but notice that the picture at the top of the artical is of an Allosaurus... not a T-rex
12. Kidiu - September 9, 2009 6:40 PM
Dude, Mr Geeko, you crack me up, seriously.
13. CJ - September 9, 2009 7:40 PM
The skeleton in the picture is an allosaur; it's skull is too narrow and it has three digits on each hand. Tyrannosaurs had two digits and boxy skulls.
14. omega57 - September 9, 2009 7:45 PM
I would buy that.
15. Cinema Obsessed - September 9, 2009 7:56 PM
I can't believe something like this would be on sale for the general public. Any idiot with money could buy it and use it as a lawn ornament. Wait a sec... let me count my change... damn.. only 6 million short...
16. Some chick - September 9, 2009 7:58 PM
Quit wanking on the dinosaurs and get to haiku grading!
17. ciao - September 9, 2009 8:13 PM
I'll only buy if it comes with a bone-rendering clone machine :P
then it should complete my army of robots and rexes >:3
18. ciao - September 9, 2009 8:23 PM
hrm, seems more like an allosaur. they can be the cal's of the army...
oh and happy 999 everyone!
19. killernoid - September 9, 2009 8:45 PM
whoa Guys giving flowers to robot girls and T-Rex bones being sold in vegas!
IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM! but it really dosent matter because I gave up on humanity after I heard about the Twlight corn maze... Oh yeah and @18 Happy 9/9/09 to you too!
20. DAYUM. - September 9, 2009 8:47 PM
You'll get that dinosaur you've always wanted big guy.
21. Fact Guy - September 9, 2009 9:22 PM
An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards!
Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.
Stay tuned for more fun facts!!! By none other than the Fact Guy.
22. Leeto - September 9, 2009 9:40 PM
If we don't get the results for the contest tonight, I'm boycotting geekologie
23. NEWS TIP! - September 9, 2009 10:16 PM
This is ridiculous GW where are the CONTEST RESULTS???
24. Leeto - September 9, 2009 10:19 PM
I lied. I could never boycott this wondrous place!
25. killernoid - September 9, 2009 11:06 PM
@21 Not ture Hippos and Rhinos also can not jump, also only mammals not animals
26. ted - September 9, 2009 11:12 PM
i already won the contest. i'm playing with my balls right now!
27. ted - September 9, 2009 11:13 PM
and this belongs in a museum or in a wooden box in the archives next to the ark
28. me.vicky - September 9, 2009 11:51 PM
So, where's the FIRST most complete t-rex? I wanna know!
29. fail - September 9, 2009 11:53 PM
The picture is not a T-rex, it is an allosaurus as evident by the number of forelimb digits. GW, you are not a true dinosaur lover, but a liar. LIAR
30. James - September 9, 2009 11:55 PM
Here's an idea.
All the commenters who had one of those zelda plates send it to GW and he can pawn them off on morons for a few thousand bucks each.
Since everyone said they had like four that should get you at least enough money to attend the auction.
Obviously not enough to submit a winning bid but that's ok. Once you're there just flash your awe inspiring man junk, stun everyone in the crowd, and steal the damn thing.
I should write effing heist movies.
31. JJtoob - September 10, 2009 12:41 AM
GW, I'm concerned about you. If you complete your metaphor, then this would be like selling a dead attractive girl's bones to the highest bidder. And then you saying you would hit it like a meteor. I could call it necrophilia.
32. naas - September 10, 2009 1:14 AM
it's 1:14 in the morning & that thing hasn't budged
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36. NEWS TIP! - September 10, 2009 3:33 AM
WOW GW IT'S 3:33 AM AND YOU STILL HAVEN'T POSTED THE RESULTS.
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39. Pat - September 10, 2009 8:59 AM
Heh heh bones. 170 bones.
40. meowmo - September 10, 2009 4:26 PM
does anyone else see something really trippy in that image?
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