Major Cache of Fossils Under Parking Garage - Page 2

Tom · 02-19-2009, 02:04 PM

My mom volunteers at the Page (Tar Pits) Museum, the bones' new home, so we've heard much about this already. Unfortunately, there isn't much to see at this point. Just blocks of asphalt sitting in crates until volunteers are able to excavate the bones from them. The first few bones are being worked on and can be seen inside the museum.

What is truly amazing is that these finds are going to double the museum's collection. My mom has given our out-of-town guests behind-the-scenes tours of the museum on several occasions, and the amount of bones they had in storage already was mind-boggling.

Here are some photos from their storage area from the visit of Heidi's sister and brother in-law, with nieces and nephews, from last year. There are a number of those aisles you see in the pictures, and each and every one of those trays is filled with bones. And this was before the new discoveries.

Tom · 02-19-2009, 02:07 PM

A couple more fun pics from that visit:

Our niece playing with a mammoth skull.

And LSPE with a saber-tooth skull.

LSPoorEeyorick · 02-19-2009, 02:10 PM

We should definitely organize a behind-the-scenes swanking at the Page. We've been talking about it for some time!

Mousey Girl · 02-19-2009, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

We should definitely organize a behind-the-scenes swanking at the Page. We've been talking about it for some time!

The Boy would LOVE that. He has been begging me to take him back there since we went the last time.

May I make a request for the 2nd or 4th weekend of any month??

Snowflake · 02-19-2009, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

We should definitely organize a behind-the-scenes swanking at the Page. We've been talking about it for some time!

Awesome!

RStar · 02-19-2009, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

We should definitely organize a behind-the-scenes swanking at the Page. We've been talking about it for some time!

Sounds like a great idea to me!

alphabassettgrrl · 02-19-2009, 06:57 PM

Awesome!!! I've never been to the tarpits museum.

Mammoth bones- those are the ones I get for the dog. I won't get her pig ears nor the bully sticks. Those gross me out.

Not Afraid · 02-19-2009, 07:30 PM

Thurston LOVES Bully sticks and chews on them regularly. I've known what they were for a long time, but I don't think I ever shared that with Chris (for obvious reasons). Personally, I'm not sure why what a Bully Stick is is any more disgusting than any other animal part dogs like to chew on (or what is ground up and put in commercial dog food). But, I pick up poop for a living, so who am I to have a sense of normal?

alphabassettgrrl · 02-19-2009, 07:40 PM

It's not my dog's sensibilities I'm concerned about, and I'm not entirely sure why bully sticks creep me out. But they do.

€uroMeinke · 02-19-2009, 09:23 PM

Better he chews on those than something else...

02-19-2009, 02:04 PM	#1
Tom Valued member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 541	My mom volunteers at the Page (Tar Pits) Museum, the bones' new home, so we've heard much about this already. Unfortunately, there isn't much to see at this point. Just blocks of asphalt sitting in crates until volunteers are able to excavate the bones from them. The first few bones are being worked on and can be seen inside the museum. What is truly amazing is that these finds are going to double the museum's collection. My mom has given our out-of-town guests behind-the-scenes tours of the museum on several occasions, and the amount of bones they had in storage already was mind-boggling. Here are some photos from their storage area from the visit of Heidi's sister and brother in-law, with nieces and nephews, from last year. There are a number of those aisles you see in the pictures, and each and every one of those trays is filled with bones. And this was before the new discoveries.
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Tom Valued member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 541	A couple more fun pics from that visit: Our niece playing with a mammoth skull. And LSPE with a saber-tooth skull.
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LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	We should definitely organize a behind-the-scenes swanking at the Page. We've been talking about it for some time!
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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Awesome!!! I've never been to the tarpits museum. Mammoth bones- those are the ones I get for the dog. I won't get her pig ears nor the bully sticks. Those gross me out. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Thurston LOVES Bully sticks and chews on them regularly. I've known what they were for a long time, but I don't think I ever shared that with Chris (for obvious reasons). Personally, I'm not sure why what a Bully Stick is is any more disgusting than any other animal part dogs like to chew on (or what is ground up and put in commercial dog food). But, I pick up poop for a living, so who am I to have a sense of normal?
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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	It's not my dog's sensibilities I'm concerned about, and I'm not entirely sure why bully sticks creep me out. But they do. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Better he chews on those than something else... __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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