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Palm Harbor, Florida - At 23, Louis Klos isn't your typical business man, neither is the family business.
Dinosaur Safaris, is a venture his father turned over to his 8 kids, making them primary shareholders. A team, led by geologist Bob Simon, spends the summer digging for dinosaur bones on a ranch in Wyoming. A few weeks ago, as they were carefully uncovering a diplodocus, they struck gold so to speak.
That crunch turned out to be the fossilized remains of a Camarasaurus, from the Jurassic period some 145 million years ago.
"It’s a very tedious and long process. “You have to be very careful because these things are millions of years old, very fragile," Klos said.
The Camarasaurus is typically 60-feet in length, armed with spoon shaped teeth used to tear plants. The dinosaur isn't rare, but the fact that it was 90-percent in tact is something to be excited about.
Thousands of miles away, in Palm Harbor, the Klos kids are somewhat removed from the everyday operations, although they've all helped out at the site. So far the company isn't making anyone rich, but the experience is priceless.
This isn't the first time Simon’s team made a big find. They unearthed the skeleton of a Stegosaurus in 2004, which is now being studied in Switzerland. Dinosaur Safaris sells fossils on e-bay and on its website. It also offers tourists the chance to dig for bones.
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