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552. Freakonomics Radio Presents: The Economics of Everyday Things

Freakonomics Radio

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The Threat of the Commercial Market for T-Rex Fossils

More than 60% of all known T-Rex fossils have been found by commercial fossil hunters. It took only 33 years for the commercial folks to collect more T-Rexes than public trust collected in 130 years. Our natural heritage is just being auctioned off for a top dollar, Zachary Trackett says.

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