LA BREA TAR PITS WITH A GEOLOGIST | FOSSILS AND GEOLOGY TOUR

Exploring La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles with me, a geologist. Come learn about the fossils and the amazing geology that set up these death traps. I will take you through the museum and around the grounds where we will see the tar pits and excavation sites where the mammoths, dire wolves, sloths, camels, horses, lions, and saber tooth cats were found. It is truly an amazing place.

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[earthandtime]

Hoping all of you in the LA area are OK and hoping for a quick end to the fires. Please take care and be safe.

[oregonxl]

my mom used to work there when I was a youngster, it was one of my favorite places =) Thanks for helping see what it looks like these days !

[michelespier]

I used to visit this place often. Even when I was pregnant I sat outside looking at the tar pits crocheting a baby blanket for my daughter to be. When she was a child I took her there too and sh still has loving memories as an adult.
I miss it. We both like paleontology and archaeology.

[danielhanson]

I visited La Brea Tar Pits with my mom, as a teenager. I was hooked on paleontology! Little did I know a few years later, my dad and I would discover an Ice Age site in our town--The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota! That was 50 years ago, this summer. I'm working on a booklet about the discovery. The Mammoth Site and museum are also now housed in a world-class building. Such things can come from visiting La Brea!

[AnyMjorDude]

It’s been 11 years since I’ve visited this place. Didn’t know camels and horses evolved here in North America. Thanks for taking us along!

[frances]

Ex science teacher here from Australia. I remember when we visited LA about 28 years ago and my husband asked me anything you want to see and one thing was Le Brea Tar Pits. My memory is that the display wasn’t as good as it today but I still remember my 12 year old son and I thoroughly enjoyed our visit. Thank you for this trip down memory lane.

[mightywolf]

It's soo crazy to see it and realize how small these are compared to the rest of the state. And to find all the animals that have succumbed to the pits.
Maybe ill be able visit if i have enough time.

[elliegee]

Growing up in Los Angeles, I loved going on school field trips to the Tar Pits. Never lost my fascination for this treasure trove of Ice Age fossils which give us this amazing view into the Los Angeles of the past.

[wpgoalie]

I’m a volunteer at NHMLA and I was told that in about Oct 2023 they had a flock of geese land in the lake. They were only able to rescue 5/11. Animals are definitely still getting stuck in tar.

[MaryLudwig-qq]

This is one of the best museum tours I've ever seen. I love the highly informative tour by a person who really knows the material. I wish all tours could be this detailed! Thank you!

[organicgroove]

There is a small water hose next to one of the buildings and as usual I had my eyes on it because I saw little thin hollow bones under the muddy soil. I alerted the staff and about 9 months later they made an announcement of that find. I was on a music gig in the area at the time and we had a visit. Wow.

[dboconnor]

I so miss my dad. He took me here all the time as I grew up.
And, every other museum in SoCsl.
My three daughters benefited from that too—I took them all over too.
Now I’m is going to take my granddaughters there.
One man’s wonder and beautiful mind has spanned three generations.

Thank you so much for sharing this story.

[sandramorey]

This was terrific. I was at La Brea with my mom when I was 5. WW2 had just ended and I had just seen Pinnochio. I had one of the songs going through my head and I always associate it with the TarPits. I saw the mammoth skull with the huge pair of tusks while it was still embedded & frankly, it scared me pretty good. There was no museum yet. But the seeps were interesting. I remember trying to avoid stepping in tar. This makes me want to go and see how much has been done since 1946. Thank you for an excellent tour.

[srlharris]

30:00 I hadn’t heard of any jaguar species living during the Pleistocene, so I looked it up as soon as you mentioned it! It turns out the terms giant jaguar and American lion (which is more commonly said) have both been used to describe the extinct species Panthera atrox, since paleontologists have debated whether it was more closely related to jaguars or lions.

[smartysmarty]

I'm 60 years old and always wanted to visit this place. Now, as time is getting shorter, I can cross it off my bucket list, thanks to your thorough video. I subscribed. Thanks!

[TheGruffchickJournal]

I haven't been to La Brea in so long... as in the 1970s. It was my favorite place to visit as a kid, and it kindled my love of paleontology. I can't believe how much they've built up since then! The museum is huge. Look how many kids it can inspire now! The active pits look much different. My memory might be off, but I remember seeing a square divided into four parts. Three contained tar/earth/muck, but the fourth was dry and they were actively excavating in that part of the cube. It was rather deep, and are is not nearly as big as it is now. I'm all the way in Ohio now, and I wish I could visit La Brea again.

[tanyahamilton]

Lived here for over 30 yrs. Have wanted to visit the tar pits many times, when going to LACMA Museum nearby. This was a really great presentation. Thanks so much!

[KatieReadsKoziesAndMore]

Thank you for such a nice tour. I visited LA in 1978 and thought I’d visited everything I wanted to see. However, I didn’t even think of visiting the LaBrea Tar Pits. Now I have old lady aches and pains. Thank you for the visuals and descriptions of the process. And thanks to YouTube for suggesting your channel to me.

[ElLuis]

I compare the smell to the smell of new asphalt. I love going there. One of my favorite places around LA. And it is also surrounded by other really cool museums. If you’re not from here I highly recommend visiting this area and its museums.

[robertcarveth]

Boy! I'm gobsmacked! A wonderful presentation !!! I was standing by you all the way!. and never got any tar on me. Greetings from Australia.