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A whale at the zoo?

SAN DIEGO — 10news.com reports that a construction crew unearthed a 3-million-year-old whale fossil at the San Diego Zoo.
The zoo released a statement that said that the crew was using an excavator and hit a hard spot while digging for a storm water tank.
The baleen whale fossil is 24-feet long and was verified by a paleontologist from the San Diego Natural History Museum. The fossil was well preserved and an intact skull was also found.

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MichaelJacksonsGhost October 6, 2010 at 11:20 am

Sounds like a "whale" of a good time

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