Fossil road trip: Christchurch to Dunedin - finding some great fossils in New Zealand

[@GaliSinatra]

So great that you're learning more because then we get to learn more! It's always a good day when Mamlambo posts a video.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks so much! I try to post a video every week if I can!

[@runforrestrun1965]

Saw you on the telly a little while ago. Your infectious love for what you are doing is really fantastic. Keep doing what you love mate.

[@MamlamboFossils]

@runforrestrun1965 ah thanks! I do really enjoy looking for fossils and sharing it 😀

[@lonl123]

Dude, you have been smashing it lately....awesome about the turtle skull.

[@OliviaNewman1c]

Your channel is not just a source of information, it is a source of inspiration and motivation. Thank you for your creativity and effort!🟤✨🐽

[@MamlamboFossils]

Wow, thank you, that's so kind! I love making these videos!

[@IsabellaCarrs1z]

Watching your channel is always an exciting and educational journey. Keep inspiring and teaching us with your videos!🦭🥶♦️

[@MamlamboFossils]

Ah thanks so much!! That is really kind of you :)

[@JustinCase807]

@@MamlamboFossils Just fyi, that was one of those annoying bots that leave a comment in almost every video ;)

[@linuskorff4074]

It was awesome to watch, great finds and everything! Was the best way to start a day in my opinion.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@MichaelMossmanNZ]

Greetings from Christchurch (small world) and thank you @MamlamboFossils for an enlightening video. I came across this purely by chance & am glad that I took the time to expand my horizons. Your "hobby" looks fascinating & sometime soon I will come out to Waikuku to visit. Edit: I even found the Seven Sharp segment ... great stuff =)

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks, it's awesome to hear you enjoyed it! Yeah come past one day, I'm open Sundays from 10 to 2

[@catherinehubbard1167]

It always amazes me that you can spot fossil-bearing rocks among the heaps of non-fossiliferous rocks. What an eye! Congratulations on your ten minute talk about the fossil turtle shell. It will get easier. My experience was that though I still was very anxious before, after a few minutes at the start of the talk, I was fine. I never memorized my presentations - that would give a lifeless result - except for the first few sentences and any particularly complicated sentences I had to get right. If I primed the pump this way, I could sail through the rest.

[@MamlamboFossils]

That's pretty much my approach to talks as well 😀

[@palatina6626]

Hi, I'm blown away how gigantic the albatros are! I work with storks but your albatros are way bigger than our storks! Incredible.

[@MamlamboFossils]

They are huge when you see the person next to them!

[@christineg8151]

I was just thinking that! They really are insanely large!

[@TeamFishweights]

Nice video dude! Congrats on getting accepted to present your turtle skull :) I reckon those first two agates are gizzard stones. You can see the bigger one later on is hardly worn since it's harder than almost anything else on the beach, whereas the super round ones would indicate prolonged friction on similar hardness materials :)

[@MamlamboFossils]

That would be awesome if they are gizzard stones!

[@ethan5.56]

Those crab fossils are so cool! Great video

[@celticmandoplayer]

Thank you! I always learn from you and the journey is well worth it 🙂 Congratulations for all your successes too!

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for coming along on the journey!

[@josephcormier5974]

Congratulations on your continued education and for sharing this wonderful video with us six stars brother

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thank you, I'm having a blast!

[@gwynnfarrell1856]

What a wonderful trip you had! It's exciting to enter into coursework in a new field, especially when you have a keen interest in it. Thank you for sharing the amazing scenery of New Zealand and your enthusiasm for fossils.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks for watching, glad you liked it!

[@edrooks]

Always fun to join you on your adventures.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'm glad you enjoy them!

[@sleepingdogs8939]

I was told by a geologist that one can typically find fossils in the layer immediately below a coal layer.

[@mpfractal3138]

Those tiny crabs are adorable! Great video, as always it's much appreciated! Cheers!

[@MamlamboFossils]

I think so too! Glad you enjoyed the trip!

[@sallywatton2580]

Thanks to your channel I have found fossils that I never knew were fossils 😂❤

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yay that is awesome!

[@RapiersSting]

i'm amazed how many of those cone shaped shells there are on that beach, where i am in the US you hardly ever find that many and such good shape...

[@janecarver9672]

Another great video that I have enjoyed watching. You inspire me to look more closely, and how to recognize fossils.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks! I'm glad you're finding my videos helpful!

[@AardBewoner]

Enjoyed this, thank you!

[@kimfrankwatson4688]

the coal seam is amazing. just learned that it's all the same age

[@jefferyporter9645]

Hello everyone from central New York State.

[@allegg8804]

So glad you are back . Sounds like a difficult class. Hope that turns out to be a part turtle shell.

[@MamlamboFossils]

The classes are very manageable if you watch the lectures 😀

[@ccccarriemchardy9216]

Nice seam agate, looks like a wonderful trip was had.

[@MamlamboFossils]

It was great fun!

[@gregjones2217]

Merry Christmas my friend.

[@MamlamboFossils]

You too!

[@beverlylumley4150]

Thank you, great informative video, Canada

[@MamlamboFossils]

Thanks so much, hope you can find some amazing fossils in Canada too!

[@booga2059]

Great video, love your content.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I appreciate that!

[@Smegzor]

You should have said hi while you were down in Dunedin :O I'm going to the billfish beach for 12 hours on Saturday hoping to find cool things :D You missed the modern whale bones in that area.

[@a3skywarrior929]

Don't have the time to watch end to end today... thanks for adding a short on the Albatross (saw a doc many years ago)...the small wee crab 🦀 is an amazing find... can't wait to see if you find out if that large bit is turtle... would had been over loaded with agate 😉 🫡 🍻

[@MamlamboFossils]

I love the albatross too! The agate was pretty wild :D

[@johnwanderin3872]

If I ever got to see penguins in real life, I’d be so stoked

[@MamlamboFossils]

they are so cool to watch, always up to something!

[@beverlylumley4150]

Earth's so exciting if we only look closely

[@johnscanlon8467]

Turtle shell gets easy to identify in cross section when you've seen a few. It has 'diploe' structure like a human cranium, with compact cortex and a spongy middle layer.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I'm not seeing anything in this one unfortunately

[@maisiefreeman8597]

Those tiny crab fossils are adorable, Morne! I wish I could find crabs this side of the ditch, but no luck in several years of hunting. I'll find one someday though, I'm sure. Take care and have a lovely Christmas.

[@MamlamboFossils]

I hope you find some crabs soon that side!

[@dino_enthusiast]

I'm heading up to Dunedin tomorrow until Monday. It's gonna be great.

[@dinoskool]

Excited to find out what this turtle is! 😉

[@MamlamboFossils]

Same!! Thanks so much for your help so far :)

[@adrianprunas]

so interesting, if only i would have learned about this 20 years ago

[@mojolycan2148]

Hay Bro 🤘

[@scottsluggosrule4670]

Caution in interpreting rocks based on position only..at times the upper layers will erode away and lower layers exposed and/or be thrust over younger rock.

[@MamlamboFossils]

Yip, that is true - or they can be completely flipped over

[@gazorpazorp9798]

5:45 HE SLEEPIN’!

[@Doxymeister]

🤩💯👏

[@jeannettefrye5086]

Are you going to prep those cute little crabs? How long will it take? Is it easier or harder to prep?😮😊

[@MamlamboFossils]

they seem pretty hollow, but I might try and prep one or two :)

[@AntillesP]

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[@Sophia-uc9qh]

The possible turtle scute looks like a scute from a 'stupendemys geographicus'

[@MamlamboFossils]

It does look very similar!

[@vastaria5247]

i see you went to my local beach, I've found a large crab with entire back exposed. how old are those fossils do you think?

[@TheAlastairBrown]

GSNZ - "come give a presentation, bring your fossils, and no you can't have the footage". 🤨This sort of stuff really irks me - did they pay for anything like travel costs or for presenting? If not I consider that quite bad form. It's one thing if it's a membership organization and they struggle for funds, but they also shouldn't hold that over individuals if they're doing it for free in regards to individual presentations. This is probably the largest publicity exposure for the society all year - if it were me I'd be begging you to post the footage. Sometimes these societies get too caught up in worrying about bureaucracy, and miss the forest for the trees.

[@MamlamboFossils]

It's not that I couldn't have the footage, there just wasn't any taken :) 100s of people presented, I was a very, very small part and I approached them for it

[@ingoluneburg14]

Sorry, bin ein sehr großer Fan von dir. Lebe in Deutschland. Doch dieses KI Video ist schrecklich!! Das bist nicht Du. Schade. Hoffe nicht das Du so weiter machst. Ich wäre dann weg als Fan. Grüße aus Schleswig-Holstein

[@MamlamboFossils]

What AI video?