11/21/2011

Whales In Desert!!!

Atacama Desert, located in South America is the driest desert according to NASA on the planet earth.
Recently the mystery had emerged when very large fossils of whales have been found while a road expansion plan in the area.

Chilean scientists together with researchers from the Smithsonian Institution have started to study how these whales ended up in this corner of Atacama Desert, which is the top most question.

These whales are so large most of them of the size of buses. More than 75 whales fossil have been discovered so far which includes 20 perfectly intact skeleton.
Its one of the largest graveyard of prehistoric whales found yet, having most beautifully preserved fossils.

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