5 months of work to reveal this rare fossil! [unknown species]

It's finally done! It's been a 5 month prep journey since I found this fossil penguin concretion washed up on the beach, but it really has been worth it! It wasn't quite alive with the dinosaurs, but I think of this as my dino penguin 😁

I learnt so much prepping this penguin and can't wait to try out all these new techniques on the next one!

Postal address:
Morne Mamlambo
PO Box 78018
7648
New Zealand

#geology #fossil #paleontology

[MamlamboFossils]

Thanks so much for watching the penguin prep - it's been quite the journey! Please like and share it and subscribe if you haven't already 😀

[micahv]

Thank you so so so much for being willing to donate that piece to a museum for further studies. It speaks volumes not only of your love for history, but of your moral character as well. It breaks my heart when people prep them and just turn around and sell them without bothering to contact the scientific community to see if it might be a new species or something of educational value. Thank you for taking that into consideration and not just looking at it as of money venture!

[largent]

I know how much this penguin meant to you. You found it just after you were on the podcast. And you found one. And it really was a penguin! You were so super carful with your prep and it shows. So many long months, and it paid off! Its incredible! Thanks for sharing its journey!

[catpoke]

You found a dinosaur fossil. You ACTUALLY did it. That's basically the ultimate goal of every fossil finder ever! Congratulations bro! Also, it's very complete and intact too, I assume because it's a penguin so it's more recent

[Lilith-Rose]

An absolute stunner of a find, not just a single penguin bone or even a cluster of penguin bones but a beautifully preserved and articulated specimen

[Bothriolepis]

Congrats on your find! You've joked about finding a penguin and told us how much you wanted to find one and luck gave you one of the most amazing penguin fossils of all. The amount of care and patience that went into this is spectacular. Happy fossil hunting! May the fossil gods bless you with another penguin soon.

[sinderi]

Growing up, penguins were my absolute favourite animal. How cool to find such a well preserved fossil specimen! Congrats! Hopefully you'll learn some more about the species along the way :D

[zatoth]

If it is a new species, it must be called the Mamlambo Penguin! Very good work and so happy you found it after all this time!

[para]

Epic find. Amazing you identified it as a penguin while still at the beach. Excellent work exposing it. You are very generous donating it to a museum. Merry Christmas and Happy New year. 👏👍

[AB-omxs]

Really happy for you. Been a long time coming. I still recall the time your friend found one two steps ahead of you. The only time I saw you searching with someone and that happened... Thank you for sharing this with us. Beautiful prep

[brianfeeley]

Been following you for a few years now... was so happy to use your videos to my classes last year when we were studying evolution using penguins as an anchoring phenomena and you found one. Just a great to see the finished prep! Cheers!

[peperando]

Super happy for you man, we all know how excited you were to find this, plus the final result after the prep looks amazing. Really great job!

[dfen]

your dedication to the prep and finished display is incredible as well as your plan to donate it after so much hard work. Loved the vid, congrats!

[MrJudder]

I said it before and I will say it 1000 times. Congratulations! I knew you would find a penguin 🐧. And all that hard work payed off it looks amazing!

[cazinman]

Astonishing preservation, and such careful preparation! I am so pleased for you. Brilliant find and absolutely worth the many many hours of hard work you put in!!

[melhawk]

Beautiful work! You HUNTED for one of these for a while, never mind having it finished and prepped! And to find such a complete fossil after all that! Congratulations!

[salishseaquest]

So excited that you were finally able to find and prep this penguin fossil. Know this has been your dream find for a long while. Glad that the proper bone is there to help with the ID. You did an amazing job! Thanks for the opportunity to see your success!

[markclelland]

You chased that bird a long time. Congratulations on such a nice specimen. Thank you for sharing the journey.

[stladydjfirebird]

So excited for you! I've followed you for a couple years, and seeing you realize this dream of yours that I've heard of for all that time is very cool! What an accomplishment and reward for your hard work and diligence! 😁

[SuperGleekization]

Wow! Such hard work and dedication and the end result is just amazing. It is easy to see the passion you have for fossils, especially after spending so much time preparing the penguin to then donate it. I'm so glad you found it and had the experience of preparing it after searching for so long. Congrats!