Nature, Art, and the Wonder Inbetween

Nature, Art, and the Wonder Inbetween

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Mary Anning: the Long Ride Home - Ichthyosaur Discovery

Mary Anning: the Long Ride Home - Ichthyosaur Discovery

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May 17, 2023
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It’s hard to imagine what it must have been like for Mary Anning. She had just left school to help make ends meet for her mother and her brother told her about what looked to be a massive fossil out on the Lyme Regis cliffs near her home.

How could she dig it out without breaking? How could she even get it home? Her brother could help her after he fi…

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