Secrets of the La Brea Tar Pits ~ with Ray Castillo
Channel: Evolution Soup
Date: 2019-08-12

The scene of hapless mammoths and saber tooth tigers trapped in merciless tar is a well-known image... but what are the La Brea Tar Pits and what are their history?

MARK from Evolution Soup talks with RAY CASTILLO - an intern at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum in Los Angeles about the secrets of the Tar Pits, the long-extinct animals found fossilized within, and the most common questions asked of him by fascinated visitors to the museum.


00:00 START

00:45 Tell us your background and how you became interested in paleontology.

01:46 What is meant by Cenozoic Predators?

06:20 Do you find that the interest in paleontology and evolution is growing?

09:00 What do you think of cloning a mammoth?

10:19 What do you say to creationists who challenge you on the age of the Earth?

16:40 If any young people are interested in paleontology what advice would you give?


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LINKS FOR RAY CASTILLO:

Email: biollante1998@gmail.com

Instagram: @sugarland_express



LA BREA TAR PITS:

Museum: https://tarpits.org/

Facebook: http://bit.ly/2YWC8jt

Instagram (@thelabreatarpits): https://www.instagram.com/thelabreatarpits/  



SEE ALSO:

Jurupa Valley Discovery Center: https://jmdc.org/




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