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Thousands of sheep and goats were diverted as activists protested an eviction that helped trigger the housing camp.
- A rare Nanotyrannus skeleton nicknamed "Jodi" sold for $47.3 million to a mystery buyer at a New York City auction, becoming one of the world's most expensive fossils.
- Sotheby's auction house had originally estimated the skeleton would fetch between $6 million and $9 million, but intense bidding drove the final price significantly higher than expected.
- The sale establishes "Jodi" as the second-priciest set of dinosaur bones ever sold, trailing the record $50.1 million achieved by a T. rex fossil named "Gus" this summer.
- Some scientists expressed opposition to such private sales, contending that significant specimens should go to museums or other institutions for public study and display.
- Collectors increasingly compete with museums for rare acquisitions, as private sales continue to limit fossil availability for public research and institutional study.
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