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Hello, my name is George Franson and I have the
largest collection of coprolites. What is coprolite
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Fossilized poop This coprolite right here is named precious
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This is the largest true-to-form coprolite ever Discovered why say true to form is
because it still carries the original form from when it was made 20 million years ago
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The maker made it it had a soft landing in the
muck and murk of some swamp and became fossilized
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very few Even get close to this
size That's why it's named precious
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This collection started when I was 18 in college. I was
told to make a fossil collection for a paleontology class
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I was taking I came across to a coprolite and I
thought it was the neatest thing in the whole world and
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Since then I've collected a little bit more
and a little bit more a little bit more
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18 years later when my house started becoming
filled with fossilized feces. I thought
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This might be something more than just a big collection.
This might be the world's largest collection of coprolite
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What got me interested in finding and collecting
coprolites is the story they tell of prehistoric life and
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ecosystems no other fossils can tell you so much as Coprolites can inside these coprolites
you can find inclusions which are bits and pieces of plants and animals and bones and scales
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Sometimes teeth their shape can tell
you about the animal that made it
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coprolites can be found all over
the place on beaches and deserts and
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Mountains even in rivers in the southeast United
States. Many of the coprolites are found in deep dark
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Murky rivers filled with fish and alligators
and other scary stuff that can kill you
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Kids love seeing the coprolites The big question
they always have is are they soft? Do they smell
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Coprolites are hard as a rock. They've
been mineralized and they don't smell
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Coprolites can range in value from a
few dollars to many thousands of dollars
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Just a couple years ago a Coprolite was sold at
auction for ten thousand dollars in California
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What makes a coprolite expensive or valuable
is? size distinct impressions ripples
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the classic poo Look anyone looking to beat
a Guinness World Records title needs to have
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Passion lots of passion for whatever they're doing Minus coprolites fossilized
feces couldn't be better. Whatever your passion is. You should follow it
