A Giant Jurassic Sea Dragon, Unearthed | Dean R. Lomax | TED

Among the dinosaurs, giant sea dragons roamed the ancient ocean. Millions of years later, paleontologist Dean R. Lomax and his team freed the remains of one of these colossal creatures from the Earth. Settle in to learn about the once-in-a-lifetime discovery of the 10-meter-long Rutland ichthyosaur: the largest and most complete ichthyosaur ever unearthed in Britain and one of the greatest finds in the country's paleontological history.

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[selahr.]

Beautiful creature. Kudos to Joe for trusting his gut and reaching out for experts to investigate.

[KellygracteDoroteokelay]

kudos to Dean for giving the credit to Joe for discovering the fossil. Dean and his team did a good job here. what a great discovery

[bigwaltermoment]

Wow! Such an amazing find, thanks for sharing about it Dean!

[noyce.]

He even got the jokes like Ross.

"With most fossils find, there's always an element of luck involved.
You know being in the right place at the right time.
People search their entire life for something like this and never even come close.
The funny thing is, Joe wasn't even looking for this.
He genuinely stumble upon this stumble discovery. "

I thought he's gonna end it with something like "just like love, the best ones are found when you least expected."

[BestFitSquareChannel]

Brilliant! Thank you... best wishes, health, joy and wellbeing...

[MyDistortedWorld]

Awestruck! What an amazing find... Well done!

[Saadsayz]

It's Give Me Vibes to Hear Imagine What They Feel

[mikesnyder]

Absolutely first rate presentation! Incredible find of a lifetime! This Yank had to look up the location of Rutland and, wow, right smack dab (as we say over here) in the middle of the United Kingdom. Such a wonderful happening!!! Warm regards...

[jiversteve]

Waiting for Roger from Mud Fossil University!

[MT.]

This means the UK was underwater at the time this creature perished. Also, considering tectonic motion, the site may have been elsewhere, and possibly attached to other land at that time.

[themanwnoname]

2022(G) “Respect and dignity.” Furthermore:

[perfectman]

this guy talks so slow, was kind of annoying to listen but the finding is cool

[GaasubaMeskhenet]

Don't worsen global warming by traveling to see specimines from other countries.
Pride yourself in being one of the few to see your local fossils

[Willibeolder]

Wow. Just straight up click bait title