La Brea Tar Pits

I had another RA event this past Sunday to the La Brea Tar Pits. Gage and Andy recommended them to me when Gage was living in LA two summers ago. I got 5 people, including myself, to go to this one, so not too many people, but whatever. I had a great time. We watched two videos about how the tar pits came to be, and how the paleontologists do their work there. The La Brea Tar Pits were formed when the oil under the earth rose through the ground due to pressure and formed pools. The bones they have found date back to animals from 40,000 years ago (after dinosaurs has died off, so none of them are present). Water would cover the tar sometimes, making it so animals couldn't tell it was tar. The animals would get stuck, and over time, more layers of tar would come up over them.
The Page Museum houses all the bones collected in the tar pits over time. It holds the largest and most diverse group of extinct plants and animals from the Ice Age. It was really cool to see skeletons of mammoths, saber toothed cats, short-faced bears, and extinct species of horses and wolves. You can also look into the lab to watch the paleontologists work a little. They pull tons of bones every year and do their work primarily in the summer when the tar is warm and easier to excavate. I had a great time learning a little bit about something unique to LA, so good suggestion Gage and Andy!