Evolution Soup

Secrets of the La Brea Tar Pits ~ with Ray Castillo

August 14, 2019 Raymond Castillo @sugarland_express7 Season 2 Episode 7
Evolution Soup
Secrets of the La Brea Tar Pits ~ with Ray Castillo
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The scene of hapless mammoths and saber tooth tigers trapped in merciless tar is a well-known image... but what are the La Brea Tar Pits and what are their history?

MARK from Evolution Soup talks with RAY CASTILLO - an intern at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum in Los Angeles about the secrets of the Tar Pits, the long-extinct animals found fossilized within, and the most common questions asked of him by fascinated visitors to the museum.

Original YouTube video of this interview: https://youtu.be/eJ8QeVF-16Q

#evolution #labreatarpits #paleontology

LINKS FOR RAY CASTILLO:

Email: biollante1998@gmail.com

Instagram: @sugarland_express


LA BREA TAR PITS:

Museum: https://tarpits.org/

Facebook: http://bit.ly/2YWC8jt

Instagram (@thelabreatarpits): https://www.instagram.com/thelabreata...




SEE ALSO:

Jurupa Valley Discovery Center: https://jmdc.org/


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