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HIKING - FOSSILS IN THE MIDST
A few years back, Tom and I went scavenger hunting for fossils - one of our favorite pastimes. Lodged in the belly of a pitiful creek bed, we poked and peered, upstream and down.
Tom was a bit excited as he was locating several good specimens. Unlike him, I can't sputter off foot-long scientific names, so I felt as I were a bit out of my element, even though I was producing some pretty nice fossils myself.
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He kept spilling off long names that sounded more like dinosaurs than old rocks - which is what most fossils resemble, these impressions of things from an age gone by.
Directly after he had rattled off a rather long fossil name, I came across a perfect flint rock in the shape of a seven. Either that, or it was the letter 'L'. Nonetheless, I held it up and announced, "Look! I found a lucky 7!" to which we both laughed.
My point is this... A hunter of fossils need not possess the silver-tongued lingo of a biologist, geologist or scientist. Fossil hunting is a fun activity that is heavily linked to the age of the earth and her impressive powers. Though an identification book is helpful, taking along a friend to share the adventure is even funner!
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