Re: 'Fossils for sale' seized in US


"Alan Johnson" <afjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i en meddelelse
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Evenin' all. What's general opinion on this kind of thing? Naughty, don't
care, good for business and punters?

"US customs agents say they have seized eight tonnes of prehistoric
fossils - including dinosaur eggs - which they suspect were smuggled from
Argentina.

Hi Alan
One of your fellow contrymen caused a new (10 years old) danish law
eqvivalent to the one that applies to archaeological finds. They found an
Eocene giant turtle, took the inner fossil home to Germany and politely
alerted the public about the outer shell.
The law applies to particularly rare finds and offers a reward to the
finder.

Carsten




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