{"id":165,"date":"2007-02-25T10:47:36","date_gmt":"2007-02-25T14:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=165"},"modified":"2008-08-05T12:06:39","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T16:06:39","slug":"florida-fossils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=165","title":{"rendered":"Florida fossils"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is an interesting story about the Orlando Science Center’s Fossil Fest<\/a>. One of the first things to note is that there is no silly “presenting both sides of the controversy” in this story. Not that I would expect such a thing, but it’s always nice to see science presented as science and not as an opinion. In any case, I learned from this story that horse ancestors were in Florida long before Europeon settlers and our land was under water during the time of dinosaurs. Ya learn something new every day.<\/p>\n

I also learned about an organization I knew nothing about before: Florida Fossil Hunters<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is an interesting story about the Orlando Science Center’s Fossil Fest. One of the first things to note is that there is no silly “presenting both sides of the controversy” in this story. 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