Scarlett Betancourt

10/15/13

Title: Diplodocus longus dinosaur for sale. Yes, really.

Newspaper: CNN

Ever wanted to own a dinosaur, even better an extremely rare Diplodocus longus? Well you’re in luck. The very first complete skeleton of a large dinosaur, goes by the name of “Mitsy”, is for sale in Europe. “Mitsy” was found in Wyoming, U.S. It took 9 weeks to get the complete skeleton out of the ground. The large skeleton is going to be sold next to Dodo bones, and fossilized Ichthyosaurus (Ichthyosaurus communis). They estimate that “Mitsy” is going to be sold for about £400,000 to £600,000 ($640,000 to 960,000). They say “Mitsy” was found in 2009 by Raimund Albersdoerfer’s sons, Jacob and Benjamin (11 and 14).

Mrs. Ballesteros’s believes that the Diplodocus Longus should not be up for sale but, instead put in a museum for public knowledge and was pleasantly surprised by the fact that two children found the skeleton. I don’t believe there was any bias in the article.