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Day: March 13, 2018

Swimming with Monsters

March 15, 2018March 13, 2018 by Tan Yu Kai

  Would you like to snorkel with giant predator reptiles the size of a small airplane? Visit Level 3 of Exley Science Centre, where these spectacular beasts adorn our walls. And fear not, they are models, and the originals from which they are made have been petrified in stone for more than 100 million years.   These … Read more

Categories Fossil Collection Tags Ichthyosaur, Mary Anning, Plesiosaur, Restoration

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