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** The answers are finally revealed by the incredible reporter, Zachary Stockemer  **
 * Why Were the Snowmass Dinosaurs Living There? **

** Many fossils were recently found at the Snowmass Ski Resort in Colorado. Reporter Zachary Stockemer ventures into the depths of the internet on an epic journey to find out why all of these dinosaurs were living in this one area... ** **  A very unique discovery of mastodon and mammoth fossils has led to the question What caused these animals to be in this area all at once? From ****  an article found at www.aspentimes.com, “ Earthquakes might have led to the death of the more than 30 mastodons whose remains were recovered from Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village during an excavation that wrapped up last summer,”. This is a theory about how they died, and perhaps even why they were there in the first place. This theory was also found in an article from [|www.denverpost.com]. ** **  At [|http://www.dmns.org], a more detailed version of this theory came up, calling it a “Mastodon Entrapment”. “Scientists are testing a hypothesis that the more than 30 mastodons uncovered at the site were trapped there in lake sediments that transformed into quicksand during an earthquake or series of quakes.” The scientists also claim ** ** t  ** ** hat they have proof that their theory is true. “Evidence such as the nature of the debris flow deposits, the condition of the bones, and the distribution of the bones may support this scenario,” said Johnson. “Ultimately we use many types of data to test mo ****  re than one hypothesis. This site is really complicated and this work is just beginning.”. ** **  There are many other theories about this animal round-up all around, but these two are the two that seem to contain the most truth about them. ** **  Photo Info  **
 * Top: Image:' [|Wooly Mammoth] http://www.flickr.com/photos/26104563@N00/5990613960 **


 * Bottom: Image: ' [|1,000,000 BC] ' http://www.flickr.com/photos/41864721@N00/2977737598 **