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Mary Anning: the Long Ride Home - Ichthyosaur Discovery

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Mary Anning: the Long Ride Home - Ichthyosaur Discovery

Krister Eide Art
May 17, 2023
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Mary Anning: the Long Ride Home - Ichthyosaur Discovery

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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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