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Inside The World's Most Unusual Fossil Site - The La Brea Tar Pits (Feat. Lindsay Nikole) [38:38] by Miniminuteman (www.youtube.com)

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An interesting look around the La Brea Tar Pits, including some behind the scenes of the facilities where they handle the recovered fossils.

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[–] Microw@piefed.zip 1 point 1 year ago

His videos are always great and interesting to watch!

(Especially as I find it hard to find youtube channels covering these topics who are not run by conspiracy people lol)