dinosaur poo to go up for auction.

Scientists have discovered the longest  faeces which is 40 inches long and millions of years old. 

What makes this discovery even more interesting is the fact that this piece of poo(really!) is going to be auctioned. As in, somebody, somewhere, some Palaeontologist perhaps, is going to be paying good money to buy this uhmm, rare shit? Found in Washington State, the giant dung is expected to reach £4,700 to £5,800 when it goes up for auction next week Via UKDailyMirror; The fossilised faeces is anywhere from 5.3 to 33.9 million years old and is an eye-watering 40 inches long. The lack of vast amounts of fossilised dinosaur faeces has baffled scientists for years. 

However, Slovakian researchers believe the answer lies in the diet of cockroaches, which might have dined on dinosaur waste millions of years ago. However, research has failed to reveal what dinosaur the excrement originated from. “This truly spectacular specimen is possibly the longest example of coprolite – fossilised dinosaur feces – ever to be offered at auction,” said Josh Chait, spokesman for the auctioneer in Beverly Hills. “It boasts a wonderfully even, pale brown-yellow colouring and terrifically detailed texture to the heavily botryoidal [globular] surface across the whole of its immense length. “The passer of this remarkable object is unknown, but it is nonetheless a highly evocative specimen of unprecedented size.” He continued that the specimen was “presented in four sections, each with a heavy black marble custom base”. 

Also for sale are a selection of five stool-shaped specimens thought to have come from a Miocene turtle, 23.03 to 5.332 million years ago, estimated to sell for £2,300 to £3,500.