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🐦 Although fossil birds are a rare find due to their fragility, bird bones found at La Brea Tar Pits were surrounded with liquid asphalt that kept them in a remarkable state of preservation.

Thanks to this protective coating, over 100 species of birds—like the Ancestral California Condor and Merriam's Giant Condor—have been uncovered at the site.

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