Fossil skull! Race against the tide to retrieve part of the fossil skull before it gets covered
I found another large piece of the fossil whale skull and had a few hours before it got dark to go and fetch it. The sand was shifting so I had ver...
I found another large piece of the fossil whale skull and had a few hours before it got dark to go and fetch it. The sand was shifting so I had very little time to retrieve it before it was lost. The tide wasn’t ideal and recent rain had brought thick mud off the cliffs onto the beach which made a difficult mission just about impossible.
Thankfully I had put new wheels on my little red wagon as the bearings had broken in the previous adventure - they made quite a difference!
Not much is known of the whales from this location, so every bit I can send off to the museum for study is important. This piece was especially important as it was part of the whale skull I had previously recovered and could shed more light on the species that it is.
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