This weekend Sean went on a 'Fossil Dig' with the cub scouts. They went to a local quarry that allows people to come in and dig for their own fossils.
We were amazed with how many he brought home!!
Most of the ones Sean found are Ammonites... you know, the swirly snail-shell looking ones. Giant sea creatures have been found in the quarry as well - the museum has them on display.
So I asked Sean, "Now, how can so many sea creature fossils be found here, near Stuttgart, where there isn't any large body of water to be found?"
Sean said without any hesitation, "because of The Flood, of course."
A+ !!
You can see from some of those fossils that there were just hundreds and hundreds of these ammonites piled right on top of each other, just in one little section. How could this be? Did a sea otter have a special spot where he deposited the shells after he ate his lunch? Did all the ammonites decide to die all together right on top of each other? Or mayyybe...... when the flood waters receded, the sediment flowed down the mountains and carried all those creatures piling them up in one spot (think giant mud slide). We are at the foot of the Schwäbisch Alps, you know. :)
Who knows!?
Here is the website to the Museum:
http://www.urweltmuseum.de/website/index_eng.htm
And the Quarry (you have to click on the UK flag to enter - it's very basic site):
http://www.schieferbruch-kromer.de/
We were amazed with how many he brought home!!
Most of the ones Sean found are Ammonites... you know, the swirly snail-shell looking ones. Giant sea creatures have been found in the quarry as well - the museum has them on display.So I asked Sean, "Now, how can so many sea creature fossils be found here, near Stuttgart, where there isn't any large body of water to be found?"
Sean said without any hesitation, "because of The Flood, of course."
A+ !!
You can see from some of those fossils that there were just hundreds and hundreds of these ammonites piled right on top of each other, just in one little section. How could this be? Did a sea otter have a special spot where he deposited the shells after he ate his lunch? Did all the ammonites decide to die all together right on top of each other? Or mayyybe...... when the flood waters receded, the sediment flowed down the mountains and carried all those creatures piling them up in one spot (think giant mud slide). We are at the foot of the Schwäbisch Alps, you know. :)
Who knows!?
Here is the website to the Museum:
http://www.urweltmuseum.de/website/index_eng.htm
And the Quarry (you have to click on the UK flag to enter - it's very basic site):
http://www.schieferbruch-kromer.de/
