Fossil Trace Research Paper

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Fossil Traces

An empty clam shell, broken, was discovered by the person on the beach. How did this happen? Who did it? After careful observation, a seagull took the clam and dropped it from the sky about 33 feet high and about 3 times to break the clam. Was this an instance that only occurred from a sea gull in Florida? The man asked, while observing. Two months earlier this author found crushed snails on the road, after analyzing the situation, he discovered that it was a crow that did this in Georgia. The author recorded his observation and researched Peer-reviewed journals confirming this trait in birds. This lead to a question of; many years from now, would we be able to determine how these snails and clams died? The book I researched

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