Experts in the Field
Whitetail Season with Bill Winke
FacebookTwitterYouTubeRSS Feed
Disabled Dog Finds Galapagos Tortoise Shell

Disabled Dog Finds Galapagos Tortoise Shell

When a Florida man went searching for fossils with his disabled dog he never imagined they would stumble upon the remains of a Galapagos tortoise.

By NRA Staff

  • Comment
  • Send to Friend
  • Share This

4/11/2011

One afternoon three years ago, Frank Garcia, a Ruskin, Fla., paleontologist, took his disabled dog Webster out to look for fossils in the Caloosa shell pit. Not long after the duo arrived, Webster drew Garcia's attention to large pieces of fossilized giant tortoise shells, which ended up being the remains of a Galapagos tortoise.

Read the full story at southshore.com.

  • Comment
  • Send to Friend
  • Share This

Comments

  • attention

    There are currently no comments, be the first to leave one.