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    • Leisey Shell Pit Fossils
    • Saber-toothed Cat Tooth
    • Tapir Jaw
    • Tapir Jaw
    • Llama Jaw
    • Llama Jaw

    Leisey Shell Pit Specimens

    In the early 1980s, amateur paleontologists discovered fossils at a commercial shell pit near Tampa. Public […]

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    • Alligator Snapping Turtle
    • Alligator Snapping Turtle
    • Alligator Snapping Turtle
    • Alligator Snapping Turtle

    Alligator Snapping Turtle

    The massive Alligator Snapping Turtle is the largest freshwater turtle in North America. Recent research in […]

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    • Komodo Dragon
    • Komodo Dragon
    • Komodo Dragon

    Komodo Dragon

    The Komodo Dragon grows up to 10 feet long – the world’s largest living lizard. In […]

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    • Florida Projectile Points
    • Florida Projectile Points
    • Florida Projectile Points

    Florida Projectile Points

    Projectile points vary in size, shape and function, from small true “arrowheads” to larger points used […]

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    • Ancient Great White Shark
    • Ancient Great White Shark
    • Ancient Great White Shark
    • Ancient Great White Shark
    • Ancient Great White Shark

    Ancient Great White Shark

    Sharks have skeletons made of cartilage, which rarely preserves in the fossil record. Gordon Hubbell has […]

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    • Seminole Dolls
    • Seminole Dolls
    • Seminole Doll, Female
    • Seminole Doll, Female
    • Seminole Doll, Male

    Seminole Dolls

    Seminole dolls portray clothing and hairstyles worn by traditional Seminole men and women, with cotton “patchwork” […]

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    • Parka
    • Parka
    • Parka

    Parka

    In the Arctic, people made water-repellant coats or parkas from sea mammal intestines. Most museum examples […]

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