Page 5 - Mary Anning and the Great Fossil Discoveries
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A STORM IS COMING, SEE?
THE LAYERS THAT MADE UP THIS
ROCKY FORMATION WERE MILLIONS OF THAT’S GOOD FOR US. IT
YEARS OLD. THERE, RICHARD ANNING SAVES US A LOT OF WORK.
LOOKED FOR FOSSILS AND SHELLS
WITH MARY AND HER BROTHER JOSEPH.
LOOK, MARY,
THESE ARE CALLED
ARROWHEADS.
BUT THEY ARE
SHARK TEETH.
“WHEN THE SEA CRASHES AGAINST
THE SHORE, ROCK LAYERS ON THE
SURFACE PEEL OFF. NEW ONES
BECOME VISIBLE . . .”
“BUT IT IS
DANGEROUS WORK.
“. . . AND WE THE OCEAN CAN
CAN FIND VERY COME BACK AND
INTERESTING SWALLOW YOU!”
THINGS IN THOSE.”
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