Emily Baldry is six years old. Emily has a little plastic shovel. Emily dug up a 160 million year old cephalopod.
I'm 54, I have a little plastic spoon, and I'm eyeing the backyard. There used to be cephalopods swimming around in this neighborhood…of course, there were also some annoying glaciers that scoured the landscape. But I can dream!
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