# Why Aren't Fossilized Dinosaur Turds More Expensive?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 10, 2006, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-fossilized-dinosaur-turds-more-expensive/368125 "2006-08-10T05:19:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-fossilized-dinosaur-turds-more-expensive/368125/21 "2006-08-19T00:18:40Z")

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> [@Surreal](#):
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> For some time now I’ve been in the market for a large, symmetrical, fossilized dinosaur turd. I’ve seen a few such specimens available for sale for prices I would consider to be quite reasonable, somewhere on the order of several hundred dollars apiece.

What do you mean reasonable?  
Looks pretty expensive for just one turd.  
The big box home improvement stores and many nurserys will sell you several hundreds of pounds of different kinds of animal turds for a whole lot less dollars.  
More turds for the bucks!

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