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La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles

We first made our way to the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. This is an area on Wilshire Blved. Where tar has oozed up from fissures in the ground and spread out over the ground in scattered pools. The pools have been there for at least 40,000 years. Every once in awhile an animal would get caught in the tar and so, their bones are preserved for later study. Researchers have found thousands of extinct species including saber toothed cats, mammoths, mastodons, giant sloths, Dire Wolves, snub-nosed bears, ancient horses, even ancient camels. They are still excavating the pits, so who knows what else they will find!