Fossils

 

The Gray Fossil Site is an active fossil site.  The state found this site in preparing to build a highway.  Instead they moved the highway a bit and started up a paleontology degree at the local university.  They’ve been digging up all sorts of animals from an ancient water hole and expect to continue digging for years.  Did you know rhinoceros lived in Tennessee years ago? You can see the dig site from an observation point, watch people in the labs cleaning bones, and see displays in the museum.  The yellow bags contain the dirt from around the bones.  They have to sift everything to find small bones or plant pieces.

 

If you’re a “Game of Thrones” fan, here are some Dire Wolf teeth.  Winter is coming!

Morning walk at a park in Virginia