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Live Tweeting Major Fossil Dig (Old site but new Tech)

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05-08-2014 9:12pm

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In a dry, starkly beautiful part of Wyoming there’s a hole in the ground. You might not notice it. You might literally stumble into it, fall to the bottom, die and gradually become one of the many skeletons in a 30-foot deep pile of bones in the cool, dark interior. At least that might happened if the Bureau of Land Management hadn’t installed a safety grate over the entrance of Natural Trap Cave.

The cave is 80-feet deep and home to fossils from 20,000 years ago. More than 30,000 specimens including cheetah, short-faced bear, mammoth, lion, and camel have been excavated from the cave, according to the National Park Service. For the first time in more than 30 years, scientists are now rappelling down into the depths to make discoveries.

http://www.dailydot.com/geek/scientists-live-tweet-dig/

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