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- Day 26
- Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 4:30 PM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 47 m
United StatesLa Brea Pits34°3’50” N 118°21’19” W
Le Brea tar pits
October 5, 2016 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Yes but it's asphalt not tar and ponds not pits ... all sorts of creatures got trapped in the black stuff up to 38,000 years ago.
Noel Thomas38,000 years ago did they evolve sufficiently to realise it was not very smart to go into the black stuff?
Noel Thomas
And then the tusk fell off, ouch.
Traveler
According to the local expert this is how a 30 year old woman "may" have looked in prehistoric times. I wonder where she plugged in her hairdryer!?