The narrative as to why the dinosaurs are being auctioned off for such tiny amounts, as the Indorapter sells for only about $25 million, is because genetics research can be extremely expensive, as any university scientist or graduate student that's even remotely connected to the genetics department can tell you. The winning $25 million bid would barely cover the very first phase of research costs involved in the creation of any dinosaur, let alone a novel hybrid like the Indominus Rex or Indoraptor. In real life, you'd be looking at a winning bid in the high hundreds of millions, at the very least, because Eli was looking to make a quick buck from the sale. Many of those looking to turn the dinosaurs into living weapons would likely have hundreds of millions in the bank as it is, and are basically buying low, to sell high. Keep in mind that as long as Dr. Henry Wu is around, they can make more dinosaurs under the nose of the public to sell later, and potentially make them to order. They're basically not selling an endangered species, they're selling the first batch. Same reason the park was falling off visitors (although it felt more telling than showing), dinosaur genes are old news. People probably can do some themselves, but Dr. Henry Wu or John Hammond had the Jurassic Park genes patented, so you have to buy that stuff illegally or take a cheap knock-off by a rival genetic engineering team. Alright, but does this really mean that these rare creatures are worth way less than football stars? Because that still sounds dopey. Plus, isn't Eli super loaded, anyways? What does he need that money for so desperately? That California mansion was worth more than the dinosaurs combined, I bet. Possibly the auction attendees were bidding low on the less-spectacular animals because they were holding back the big bucks to bid on Rexy. There's also something to be said for technological progression the next generation with niftier features would be snapped up by early adopters at wonkier prices.

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