La Brea Pits

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- Oct 5, 2016, 4:30pm
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 47 m
- United States California Los Angeles County Parklabrea La Brea Pits 34.0638, -118.3553834°3’50” N 118°21’19” W
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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 Thomas 38,000 years ago did they evolve sufficiently to realise it was not very smart to go into the black stuff?
10/9/16Reply
Noel Thomas And then the tusk fell off, ouch.
10/12/16Reply
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!?
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- Dec 8, 2021, 2:51pm
- ☀️ 66 °F
- Altitude: 200 ft
- United States California Los Angeles County Parklabrea La Brea Pits 34.06265, -118.3566834°3’46” N 118°21’24” W
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La Brea Tar Pits, CA
December 8, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
We let everyone sleep in after a lot of late nights and around 11am I told the kids it was ridiculous and to GET UP! TEENAGERS!!!

Doug wanted to go to the Tar Pits and the Coleman's had school and work so we were on our own for the day. The Tar Pits were a nice stop. We spent an hour walking around, watching Tar bubble and learning about the fossils. We were too late in the year to see them actually digging fossils out, but we were able to see the fossil pit they were digging in.Read more
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