Fishing rod 'selfie stick' and scientific sleuthing turn up clues to extinct sea reptile
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 - 16:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A Russian paleontologist visiting the Natural History Museum in London desperately wanted a good look at the skeleton of an extinct aquatic reptile, but its glass case was too far up the wall. So he attached his digital camera to a fishing rod and—with several clicks—snagged a big one, scientifically speaking.