Chilean teenagers on field trip find trove of whale fossils


	Chilean teenagers on field trip find trove of whale fossils

dorine

6-29-2007 2:49 PM

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whale, fossils, paleontology, science, chile, discovery

dorine says:

How exciting for those kids!

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6-29-2007 4:02 PM

jussyRider

I'm just sorry that they are being told that the fossils are millions of years old.

7-7-2007 1:56 PM

dorine

Here's the video:

http://www.sciam.com/videonews_directory.cfm?v_id=55

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Chilean teenagers on a
field trip have found what experts say could be a treasure
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