Re: Chinese dino eggs (was: From Ralph Molnar)

[Phillip Bigelow <n8010095@henson.cc.wwu.edu>]

>This is forwarded from Ralph Molnar (via Tom Holtz):

>>TIANANMEN SQUARE SAFE FROM BABY DINOSAURS
>>The egg in question was found by fossil collector Li Guanglin in Henan
>>province in central China, where thousands of dinosaur nests have been
>>unearthed since 1993, said geologist Zhang Yun who extracted the gene
>>material from the egg.
>>Li dropped the egg in late 1993 and it split open to reveal a softish
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>>centre, prompting the puzzled collector to approach the government, who
>>brought in Zhang Yun.
>>Zhang said he obtained 90mg of spongy cotton wool-like material from the
                                ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ 
>>egg, and after burning a small part established that the material was
>>organic.

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1) Un-dropped dinosaur egg.... $20,000.
2) Dropped dinosaur egg showing mysterious creamy-filling...$100,000.
3) Creamy filling, only (included with certificate of authenticity from
   Hostess Company)....$5000 (peppermint flavor..add $5.00)
4) Cotton ball soaked with mysterious creamy filling...$6000.
5) Mysterious creamy filling+cotton ball+viable DNA, suitable for extraction
   and PCR analysis......$500,000 (please specify L, XL, or "egg-beaters" brand
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