Archived Dumb tourists keep throwing 200-million-year-old dinosaur fossils into a Utah reservoir (bgr.com)
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Archived Dumb tourists keep throwing 200-million-year-old dinosaur fossils into a Utah reservoir (bgr.com)
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[–] ThisIsMyRealName 1 point 6 points 7 points (+7|-1) ago
This won't be a problem after the rest of them have been thrown in. If you really want to preserve something that old, don't let people touch it. Otherwise document it extensively with pictures and written assessments.
I don't see any value in those rocks from a long time ago since the people managing those rocks apparently didn't either, hence people picking them up and throwing them in water like any other rock.
[–] Pessimist 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I have to agree with you on this. If they really gave a fuck, they'd at least put up signs, maybe post a guard or a security camera.
[–] midnightblue1335 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Indeed, if these fossils were valuable for research or any other use, then civilians wouldn't be able to just walk up to them and handle them on a whim.
I'd be enraged if someone broke into a research facility and destroyed ancient stuff that was being studied, but the fact that these objects are just left in the open, exposed to the elements and idiots, simply indicates that they aren't useful. I might be inclined to pick one up as a souvenir, but I can't understand why people would be throwing them for the sake of throwing them. People are amused by the dumbest shit.
How about you pick up one of the millions of ROCKS in the area and throw that instead, morons? Wanna bet these idiots throwing pterodactyl skulls into the water grabbed ordinary rocks covered in bird shit and brought them home as souvenirs?