Located in downtown LA in what is now known as Hancock Park is the site of one of the world's richest deposits of Ice Age fossils. Since the early 1900s, more than 3 million fossil plants and animals have been excavated --and are still being brought up from the sticky "goo" we call tar (actually asphalt).
While you might have seen the Pond (as it's now labeled) as I did back in the 60s when the fencing was a whole lot lower, this park and the FABulous museum built since then, is definitely someplace you should plan on visiting again or for the first time.
Peer through: can you see the replica of the mammoth trapped in the pond? One of the things I learned while watching the films that run continuously in the museum is that the animals didn't sink into the pits, but rather got stuck and then died either from starvation, dehydration, or attack by predators.
Labeled as "world-famous" is the Fish Bowl laboratory where you can stand and watch scientists and volunteer clean, examine, and catalog fossils. That large white thing lying horizontally on top of that table was identified on the white board behind it as the "left tusk of a North American mammoth being restored.
Similarly, the sabertooth cat (learned that they are not called "tigers" here) attacking the ground sloth was wired for sound and movement.
Well you get the idea: I was impressed and enjoyed the Page Museum and surrounding park. Hope my miniature guided tour has enticed you to visit also someday.
Thank you for the tour! It's a place I've wanted to see for years and years, now more than ever, thanks to you! Great job. Bravo! Huzza! Kudos Galore!!!
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