14 DAY TRIAL // If you happen to be on the market for a birthday present for somebody you completely loathe and hate, I do believe I have found the perfect thing for you to buy. Provided that you have several thousand dollars to spare, that is.
Long story short, word has it that, next week, a 33-million-year-old poop – the scientific term is “coprolite” – will be auctioned off at the I.M. Chait Gallery in California, US.
According to Live Science, the folks organizing this auction say the fossilized poop could sell for as much as $10,000 (€7,393). That's because its texture is surprisingly detailed and its color is a perfect pale brown.
Information shared with the public says this 33-million-year-old poop was found on a private property in Toledo, Washington about two years ago. The person who discovered the coprolite is the same as the one now looking to sell it.
For the time being, it is unclear which animal produced this ancient poop. However, seeing how the coprolite measures 40 inches (102 centimeters) in length, one can only assume it was a seriously oversized beast.
“In the 12 years I've been selling natural history items, I've never seen anything close to this in terms of size,” Jake Chait, natural history director of I.M. Chait, told the press in a recent interview.