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Sunday, April 15, 2012; 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Science Center @ Lindale
“The Leg Bone is Connected to the Hip Bone”
See and study a wide variety of skulls and skeletons of modern animals. How do the teeth of mountain lions differ from those of sheep, pigs, coyotes, and bears; and what do their teeth teach us about their diets? How do the specialized teeth of rabbits and beavers allow them to do everything from chew tough grasses to chew through trees? How do you pick up a bone and know if it’s a shin bone, thigh bone, or humerus? Why do vertebrate paleontologists study the skeletons of modern animals? Examine modern bones and compare them to fossil bones to get answers to these varied questions. Learn about your own bones using a replica human skeleton. As a special bonus, see and touch fossil bones of “Laura the Kid Dinosaur”, and the massive thigh bone of the extinct Ice Age ground sloth Eremotherium!
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