Big JohnTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 1695, Segment 4
Sep 27, 2021 • 19m
The largest triceratops skeleton ever found is about to be auctioned off in Paris. Auctions like this have become more common in recent years – and they’re open to anyone with millions of dollars. And then what? If some private collector buys the dinosaur for his backyard, can scientists no longer study it? Will the public not get to see it? Iacopo Briano is a natural history expert who makes a living selling dinosaur bones. He’s consulting with the auction house that will soon sell Big John the triceratops. (Segment produced by Sydney Jezik) (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)