"Scientists think they've solved the mystery of the massive whale graveyard that was unearthed in Chile in
2010.
The site, called Cerro Ballena, or "Whale Hill," was found by road workers expanding a nearby highway. The area contained "dozens of whale skeletons, along with the remains of other extinct marine mammals and other marine vertebrates."
"The whale discovery is a discovery of global importance. There has never been a find of this size."
Red tide, massive algae blooms that can sometimes be toxic, pop up occasionally near coastlines. The Smithsonian's lead researcher says that's the only explanation that fits: the whales ingested toxic algae, died at sea, and drifted onto the desert shore to be covered and preserved by the sand.
The whale graveyard is thought to be the biggest batch of ancient animal fossils since the La Brea Tar Pits, and the researchers think there may be hundreds more fossils buried along the Chilean highway." WHIO Dayton
"The whales were found more than 120 feet above sea level, about two-thirds of a mile from the ocean, in ancient sandstones below what is now the northbound lane of the Pan-American Highway in the Atacama region of northern Chile.
In one spot, the skeletons of two adult whales lay on top of the skeleton of a juvenile whale.
The site includes two seals, an extinct species of sperm whale, a walrus-like toothed whale, and an aquatic sloth." WashingtonPost
1) Fossilization is due to rapid burial---NOT slow burial by sand over eons of time inland from the sea.
2) Also, the "toxic algae" scenario is NOT the "only explanation". I can think of another one.....And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
The site, called Cerro Ballena, or "Whale Hill," was found by road workers expanding a nearby highway. The area contained "dozens of whale skeletons, along with the remains of other extinct marine mammals and other marine vertebrates."
"The whale discovery is a discovery of global importance. There has never been a find of this size."
Red tide, massive algae blooms that can sometimes be toxic, pop up occasionally near coastlines. The Smithsonian's lead researcher says that's the only explanation that fits: the whales ingested toxic algae, died at sea, and drifted onto the desert shore to be covered and preserved by the sand.
The whale graveyard is thought to be the biggest batch of ancient animal fossils since the La Brea Tar Pits, and the researchers think there may be hundreds more fossils buried along the Chilean highway." WHIO Dayton
"The whales were found more than 120 feet above sea level, about two-thirds of a mile from the ocean, in ancient sandstones below what is now the northbound lane of the Pan-American Highway in the Atacama region of northern Chile.
In one spot, the skeletons of two adult whales lay on top of the skeleton of a juvenile whale.
The site includes two seals, an extinct species of sperm whale, a walrus-like toothed whale, and an aquatic sloth." WashingtonPost
1) Fossilization is due to rapid burial---NOT slow burial by sand over eons of time inland from the sea.
2) Also, the "toxic algae" scenario is NOT the "only explanation". I can think of another one.....And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
Genesis 7:10