Dina-Sawas!! We both grew up loving dinosaurs and Jess personally had a couple of books that were about Sue the T-rex. This 3-part holiday special has a little something for everyone: Paleontology, American and Native American history, legal battles, and (allegedly) McDonald's diabolical plot to engineer dinosaurs for super production of chickn' nuggies.

House keeping - This will be our last episode of the year, and we're planning on taking off the month of January for some R&R. We're planning to be back by Feb. 6th at the latest, but hopefully sooner.

A happiest of holidays to everyone, and as always... Thanks for your time. The dog hair is free!

Time Stamps

0:00 Disclaimer / Music Talk / Banter

8:20 Aug 12, 1990 - BHI excavation

10:55 About Black Hills Institute (BHI)

16:43 FBI raids BHI

17:46 Antiquities Act of 1906 / ownership opinions

21:05 Trials involving Sue’s ownership

28:07 Trial verdicts and aftermath

29:00 Sotheby auction of Sue (1996)

31:05 Field Museum of Chicago acquisition and McDonald’s contribution

34:50 Outro / Pt.3 teaser

Sources:

Assumptions of authority: the story of Sue the T-rex and controversy over access to

fossils - Springer Link site - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40656-019-0288-4#:~:text=The%20legal%20battle%20over%20Sue,%2C%20monetary%2C%20and%20scientific%20value.

● Black Hills Institute Site - https://bhigr.com/

● Antiquities Act of 1906 - National Parks Services site - https://www.nps.gov/archeology/tools/laws/antact.htm

● Tyrannosaurus Sue: The Extraordinary Saga of Largest, Most Fought Over T-Rex Ever Found by Steve Fiffer - https://books.google.com/books?id=2xk8eYuyRWwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&

q&f=false

● McDonald’s Fossil Preparation Lab - Field Museum site - https://www.fieldmuseum.org/science/research/area/mcdonalds-fossil-preparation-lab

● McDonald’s Dinosaur Exhibit Tours - QSR site - https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/mcdonalds-dinosaur-exhibit-tours

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