Chapter 252 251. The Truth About the Specimen

Seeing the new bottle that rolled out, Li Du picked it up and said with a smile, "There's a Santa Claus on it? This is Santa Claus, right?"

Hans became excited and said, "Santa Claus? Yes, this is the original Santa Claus! Damn it, this bottle is worth a lot!"

Li Du asked, "Is it also an antique bottle?"

Hans pointed to the concave-convex glass label on the bottle and said: "It has been around for at least half a century, because Coca-Cola changed the pressed logo on the glass bottle to a printed label in 1957."

"Then what's the matter with the Santa Claus above?" Li Du asked, "It wasn't introduced in the information I found just now."

Hans said: "I don't need any introduction, I know what's going on!"

The legend of Santa Claus has existed for several centuries, but its classic image was born in the early 20th century. The father of "it" was created by illustrator Hadun Sandblom.

As early as the beginning of creation, the image of Santa Claus was green instead of red, because Sandblom believed that Santa Claus came from the country of ice and snow, and loved nature and green.

But by 1931, the United States was in a recession, and the Coca-Cola Company wanted to design a mascot that children loved in heart-warming colors.

After screening, the popular Santa Claus entered their field of vision.

However, how to connect Santa Claus and the Coca-Cola mascot? How can we make everyone think of Coca-Cola when they see Santa Claus?

A genius idea was born. The designer combined Santa Claus with the red and white logo color scheme!

Thus, Santa Claus, who was wearing a green hat, wearing green clothes, and driving a green sleigh, turned into a fat old man with a naive attitude, a friendly smile, and a red cotton coat.

"Many Americans know this process of change. When I was a child, I wondered why Santa Claus wears red clothes. Then my mother told me this allusion."

When Hans said this, a smile appeared on his face. He looked at the green bottle in his hand and said, "Look, the Santa Claus on it is still green!"

Li Du said: "This means that this bottle was born before 1931?"

Hans nodded and said, "Yes, this bottle should be of great commemorative value."

There were still bottles in the vending machine, and they continued to throw in the steel forges, and a total of twelve bottles rolled out.

These bottles are all old-fashioned Coke bottles, which should be the collection of the previous owner. Later, I don’t know why they forgot their existence and left them in the warehouse.

Hans carefully collected the bottles, and then said: "I'm going to contact someone who collects these things. If I can find a suitable buyer, they will definitely make us a lot of money."

Packing up the Coke vending machines, they worked together to clean up the warehouse and returned to Flagstaff City in the dark.

It was too hot during the day, and they had rested well in the afternoon. Hans and Godzilla took turns driving, and driving at night was not dangerous.

The night wind was cool, and Li Du opened the car window to blow the wind. Looking at the endless night, he felt refreshed.

When he got home at dawn, he slept until the afternoon. After getting up, he turned on his mobile phone to see if there was any message from Hans. Hans said that he would look for a buyer immediately when he returned.

The phone messages were empty, but he noticed some text messages on his face-book, all under the specimen image he posted.

After getting this poultry bone specimen from the Amish people, he took a photo and posted it on the Internet without researching its identity.

But then he was busy looking for the four things the Amish needed, and went to Los Angeles to participate in the auction, so he put it behind him.

The text messages below the image are from two people, one named 'Dr. Klinken' and the other named 'Mr. Steel Steve'.

The first message was left by Dr. Klinken: Is this true? Where is the specimen on this picture?

The second message was still sent by Dr. Klinken: This must be a PS photo, it is impossible to have such a complete skeleton specimen of the dodo bird.

The third message is left by Mr. Steel Steve: How can I contact you? This specimen is so beautiful, my phone number is as follows, 24 hours a day.

The fourth message is still left by Dr. Klinken: This is my phone number. If you have this specimen, I would like to talk to you.

Article 5: Why haven't you responded yet? Didn't wait for your call and it looks like this is a fake photo?

Article 6: Is this a farce? Shame on you for insulting nature and scientific research!

Article 7, Article 8, Article 9...

Dr. Klinken's words became more and more severe in the future. He has been leaving messages, and he will send one every day, but he is quite patient.

Li Du read these messages and heard what the doctor said, this specimen is the skeleton of a dodo bird? No wonder he can't recognize it, this thing has long been extinct!

He is no stranger to birds such as the dodo, and they were introduced in textbooks as early as elementary school.

The dodo was originally a bird that lived in Mauritius. It entered the textbook because it was the first animal recorded by humans to be extinct due to human activities.

In Li Du's memory, whenever the dodo appears in textbooks, it must be accompanied by topics such as 'protecting the environment' and 'maintaining ecological stability'.

He quickly recalled his impressions about the dodo, but found that he knew nothing about it except that it existed in Mauritius, was extinct long ago, and was very large.

So, he called Dr. Kraken's phone number to see if he could get more information from the doctor.

The phone was quickly connected, and a rough voice rang: "Hi, this is the Metropolitan Museum of Poultry in New York. I'm George Kraken. Who are you?"

Li Du said: "Hello, Professor Kraken, I'm Li, this is how I posted a photo of a bird skeleton specimen on the Internet..."

"Dodo! A specimen of a dodo! Did you post that photo? Do you have a skeleton specimen of a dodo? Is it the one shown in the photo? Or is the photo photoshopped?"

He was interrupted by the professor before he finished speaking, and asked him a series of questions.

Li Du had no choice but to answer first: "Yes, I posted the photo. I have a specimen of the dodo. It is not photoshopped, it is just as shown in the photo."

Professor Klinken became agitated: "My God, you swear you're not teasing me?"

Li Du laughed and said, "It's just a bird bone specimen, what's the point of teasing it? It's not something precious, I just got it by chance..."

"It's just a bone specimen? It's not a precious thing? It's worth millions, my man!" the professor exclaimed.