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Chapter 212 I’ll go back and try

The thing is actually easy to identify. When you see the pattern on it, you know it is a fossil.

But for the average expert, fossils are difficult to identify.

Because not only do we need to determine whether it is true or false, but we also need to determine what kind of fossil it is.

The first stone that Baoyou took out was a test of eyesight.

Above is the side profile of a fish, flat and with a round mouth.

"Teacher, I took this photo online. At that time, the auction only marked it as the fossil of a fish."

"What kind of fish is it?"

This question made Zhang Yang scratch his head a little.

To identify fish, you have to either search online or find a fisherman.

But he soon realized that he had wrongly blamed Baoyou.

Fishingmen definitely don’t recognize these ancient deep-sea fishes.

This flat, bream-like fish fossil is the famous moon fish.

It is better known as the "sunfish" - the stupidest fish in the world.

After giving up his IQ, he lived for 4500 million years.

"This is a sunfish, you must have heard of it, right?" Zhang Yang explained.

"Fossils of deep-sea sunfish like this are generally formed in the middle to late Eocene, that is, 3500 million to 4500 million years ago."

It was so long ago that Zhang Yang could only give a very vague year.

Otherwise, you may be considered an old man.

"Okay, teacher, help me look at my teeth."

Baoyou put away the fossilized sunfish and took out another triangular tooth fossil from the box.

The surface of the fossil is greenish-brown with vertical stripes on it.

It's about the same size as an adult's hand.

Zhang Yang recognized what it was at a glance.

"Did you buy it based on megalodon teeth?" he asked.

The tooth fossil of the megalodon is considered an internet celebrity in the fossil circle.

This prehistoric animal is famous thanks to a certain science fiction film of the same name.

Some people have already made fakes of this fossil.

"Yes, it cost me [-]." Baoyou replied.

"I bought it after someone introduced me to it. After I bought it, I found that the original product can be sold for [-] yuan..."

Baoyou means that what he bought was a bit too cheap.

After buying it, he found that the price could double. He was a little afraid that he had bought a fake.

[Finally seeing a normal person, tears in my eyes]

[If it were me, I would panic too]

[A monster with one pair of teeth that can bite off an arm]

[This tooth is so big, but it’s a pity that it’s cracked in the middle]

"This is indeed a genuine fossil of a megalodon tooth."

Zhang Yang knew it well when he saw that the fossil was formed 200 million years ago.

He could only explain Baoyou's worries using his knowledge of antiques.

"You can buy it for [-], maybe because there is a crack in the middle of this tooth."

"Although the cracks are also natural, they are a bit unsightly, so there is a high probability that you will not find the leak."

"Don't worry about making money. If you don't lose, you make money."

"Okay, thank you teacher, then I'm relieved."

Baoyou quickly put away the tooth fossil.

What he took out next made the girl next door who was appraising jewelry scream out in fright.

This fossil is in the shape of a white rod as a whole, with one end split into the shape of a skull claw.

If it gets violent, it will definitely look like a skeleton.

【What the hell?Skeleton arm]

【It's a bit like hell】

[It looks like it should be the fossil of some kind of plant]

[I think it’s ancient bamboo]

The barrage said it was bamboo, probably because there are obvious joints on the fossil body.

But it is much shorter than bamboo.

Baoyou introduced that this is "sea lily".

The places that look like claws are the roots of the plant.

"Teacher, please help me check if it's true?"

"No problem, it's from the Carboniferous Period (3.59-2.99 million years ago)."

"Where did you buy all these things?" Zhang Yang asked curiously.

Fossil collecting is definitely a niche hobby in China.

Basically no one plays.Especially the fossils of this ancient marine creature are the least popular among the unpopular.

"Before I went to sea, I was a biology teacher."

Baoyou introduced himself:
"I have accumulated a lot of capital by speculating in real estate in Qiong Province."

"By chance, I attended a fossil exhibition in Germany and bought a fossil of a dinosaur footprint, and then I got into it."

"I have acquired these from overseas channels in recent years."

"Are there many things?" Zhang Yang thought for a while and asked, "If there are many, you can cooperate with a museum to hold an exhibition of your personal collection."

This kind of collection exhibition is a bit like a painting exhibition in the art circle.

On the one hand, it is for display, and on the other hand, it also means selling part of the collection.

"Eh? Is it really possible?"

Zhang Yang's words made Baoyou's eyes light up, and his tone became a little excited.

For a person who loves collecting, displaying his collection is definitely a very satisfying thing.

But Baoyou is still very calm, he knows that now is not the time to talk about such things.

It must be done privately.

"Please help me take a look at this last treasure at the bottom of the box first!"

"What kind of egg is this?"

"Egg?"

Zhang Yang watched Baoyou move something like a bird's nest to the appraisal table.

In fact, it is not a bird's nest, just a piece of earth and stone containing fossilized eggs.

There were three eggs in total, and the shells had been broken into small pieces, but they still maintained their intact shape.

"Is this a dinosaur egg? Or a bird egg?" Baoyou asked, "I bought it as a dinosaur egg."

"It cost me more than 13 yuan."

[Good guy, is it so expensive? 】

[Three eggs, do you want to be a Dragon Mother too? 】

[A bit like what a tea egg looks like after being broken]

"This is bigger than tea eggs."

It was the first time for Zhang Yang to come into contact with dinosaur egg fossils at such a close distance.

The same goes for many viewers who want to come to the live broadcast room.

He moved the camera of his mobile phone to show the size of the egg to his friends in the live broadcast room.

Each dinosaur egg was larger than the spread of his hand, probably about the same size as an ostrich egg.

But the size is still a bit different from the dinosaurs in the movie.

"Name: Sauropod egg fossil"

"Material: calcium phosphate, shell protein, etc."

"Production time: Late Cretaceous (7000 million years ago)"

"Baoyou, you can do it!" Zhang Yang gave Baoyou a thumbs up.

If you buy genuine dinosaur eggs, if you buy them in China, the half-year sewing machine experience card is already guaranteed.

"is that true?"

"Of course, this is still the egg of a sauropod dinosaur, more than 7000 million years ago."

"You should know that this thing cannot be bought and sold in China, right?" Zhang Yang reminded Baoyou.

There is no problem with general fossil buying and selling.

But fossils of animals like dinosaurs, like bronzes, are very rare and can only be collected by yourself.

"I bought it from abroad."

"But why can the tooth fossils of megalodon be sold but not those of dinosaurs?" Baoyou didn't understand very much.

"Because the Megalodon thing is not produced in our country." Zhang Yang explained with a smile.

“The purpose of enacting the Cultural Relics Protection Law is to prevent the natural and historical heritage within our country from being destroyed.”

"You are from another country, of course it's fine."

"What a loss, what a loss." Baoyou couldn't help but mutter.

You can't sell it after you buy it, so you lose it.

He didn't notice that behind him, the reporter team of Yangcheng Evening News had already heard the news and rushed over.

The discovery of fossilized dinosaur eggs is definitely worthy of being in the newspapers.

Baoyou and Zhang Yang were both interviewed.

After briefly interviewing what happened, the reporter asked Baoyou:

"Excuse me, Mr. Lin, what are your plans for these three dinosaur egg fossils?"

The reporter was obviously hinting to him: Donate it.

Just like interviewing a lottery winner, it has already been published in the newspaper, so why not do something good and let the whole city know about it.

But Baoyou thought about his 13 yuan and the personal collection exhibition, and knew that he had to find a reason to refuse.

He answered hesitantly:
"I...I'll go back and try to see if I can hatch them?"

(End of this chapter)