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Naracoorte Caves: Australia's Megafauna – Fossil Bonanza

In our last episode for Season 1, we get trapped at the World Heritage Site, Naracoorte Caves in southeast Australia!  We'll learn about Australia's weird megafauna like the not-tapir-like-Marsupial Tapir and the hypercarnivore, Marsupial Lion, Thylacoleo, and why so many of their bones are found in these caves.
  1. Naracoorte Caves: Australia's Megafauna
  2. Jehol Biota: The Mesozoic Pompeii (Part 2)
  3. Jehol Biota: The Mesozoic Pompeii (Part 1)
  4. Dominican Amber: The Forgotten Island Forest
  5. Amber 101

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