What’s Trending: Charismatic Megafauna and the Rich Folks Who Love Them
Trending today: Victor and Aaron discuss “charismatic megafauna” – animals that people are drawn to, which can thus be used as mascots in marketing campaigns. One of those is the humble dinosaur, and that’s creating a problem for paleontologists: uber-wealthy collectors are buying up dinosaur skeletons, leaving fewer and fewer available for scientific research. (Aaron acknowledges that’s a problem, but is more concerned by a similar situation in the art world: at least there are multiple T-rex skeletons, but once a particular Picasso is taken out of public view…
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