Dinosaur dung, and more

Curators at London’s Natural History Museum say that someone has stolen a priceless, 4-inch lump of dinosaur dung.

Thief steals Museum's dinosaur dung

Curators at London’s Natural History Museum say that someone has stolen a priceless piece of dinosaur dung. The 4-inch lump of excrement is thought to have been extruded by a herbivorous titanosaurus 65 million years ago, and “is literally priceless,” said professor Richard Lane, scientific director of the museum. Added the professor, “One might question what the thief would do with this.”

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