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6 April 2025
6 April 2025
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so, what was our obsession with the la brea tar pits back then? was it just that it was featured on the flinstones and then dinosaurs or was there something deeper to it? (my brother was the one who was into dinosaurs, i was just a dilettante)
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I mean, a fossil record of a bunch of creatures is pretty interesting.
But I think it ranks up there with quicksand in the "dangerous things we thought we'd encounter much more regularly in adulthood" category.
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TBF, far more dinosaurs perished in tar pits than humans have or ever will be consumed in quicksand. For dinosaurs, tar pits were an actual menace.
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tar pits are surprisingly dangerous don't turn your face on one
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21 comments