Fossil Hunting Road Trip Day 1 - Christchurch to Dunedin

Fossil Hunting Road Trip Day 1 - Christchurch to Dunedin - huge shark tooth cluster

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5 ай бұрын

I started my road trip down to the tip of the South Island by driving from Christchurch to Dunedin, stopping at a couple of places to look for a fossil or two of course!
The geology museum at Otago University is definitely worth visiting, it has some very informative displays and great examples of fossils from the area.
If you want to check out more footage from my university adventures, I have uploaded quite a few to my Patreon channel: / mamlambo
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@brianjohnson3974 4 ай бұрын

Only thing wrong with this video, it's too short!!!! Excellent content!! Thank you!!!!!

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

I'll upload day 2 soon!

@largent45 4 ай бұрын

That was was fun! That beach was just absolutely covered in those shells! Wow! And that campus was gorgeous! What amazing displays! All those angustiden teeth in one plate is incredible! And that dolphin or small whale skull was amazing! But I was blown away at the size of that penguin! Holy moly was it a big boy! And you found that tiny crab too. Day one was just amazing! Can't wait for day two! Thanks Morne!

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

Ahhh thanks Lisa! Your comments always make me smile 😀

@ayatoshad 4 ай бұрын

Wow! I'm still on the West Coast but I'm so excited to visit the East Coast! Can't wait to see the Geology Museum and visit all the fossil beaches. Thank you for making me excited for even more travelling in NZ!

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

I love the West Coast as well!

@tatwo_ 4 ай бұрын

Wow. So much cool stuff to see in that museum.

@sandmaker 4 ай бұрын

Wow, millions of shells, tiny crabs, giant septarian, a trip to a rock shop, petrified wood, and a great museum. To top NJ it all great views everywhere. Super trip.😊

@linuskorff4074 4 ай бұрын

Looking forward for day 2, really nice video. Loved the fossils in the museum as well.😲Hope it will be an awesome trip🍀

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Linus!

@Pisceanratsun 12 күн бұрын

I'm from Dunedin, I recognize the beaches your visiting. ❤ there's so much more to know and see, awesome vid

@tylerwinsborrow 4 ай бұрын

Haha, I could see you get scared when that sealion started running at ya. I would too.

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

Later on it chased me again and some tourists laughed so much!!

@JustinCase807 4 ай бұрын

Silly tourists, they knowest not the danger that besets them :) @@MamlamboFossils

@leslyeschoenhuth1107 4 ай бұрын

The sheer Size of some of the shells in the Museum was Astounding! Thanks for taking us where we could not go on our own!! Love the info & scenery!!

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

They are giant!!!

@MarciaLeeful 4 ай бұрын

That penguin was AMAZING!

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

It really was!

@patifagan6774 4 ай бұрын

Enjoyed this video

@KrisPSouls9258 4 ай бұрын

Between the animals and the fossils I would be having so much fun. It looks like a wonderful place to go for sure.

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

Every corner has something new to explore!

@catherine59226 4 ай бұрын

What a glorious day to explore! 👍🏻❤️

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

It was pretty chilly and windy but I would love to go back there again

@nitawynn9538 4 ай бұрын

I love road trips! Thanks.

@josephcormier5974 4 ай бұрын

Very cool sir this is something I would never get to see it's much appreciated sir six stars brother

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

My pleasure Joseph!!

@LeonaLinscott-cy6dz 4 ай бұрын

And I think you're correct about the crab being from Pleistocene. That is the primary fossil level that is exposed here. Loving this vid. Just more proof that I MUST visit New Zealand as soon as I'm able. Thanks!

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info!

@LeonaLinscott-cy6dz 4 ай бұрын

1:43 That small crab you found is about as big as the ones I find here on Galveston Island near Texas.

@FossilFinder12 4 ай бұрын

Am staying for the full season!

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

Yay!!!

@tombarossavillage971 4 ай бұрын

Marvellous well done mate

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

@jeannettefrye5086 4 ай бұрын

Awesome!! Just like you,👍👍😉💖⭐

@johnbruce2868 4 ай бұрын

Those teeth are very reminiscent of Otodus obliquus. I know they're not, but they're still very reminiscent, nevertheless. I must go to Dunedin museum if I'm ever able to visit the rellies in NZ. It still looks like a proper museum.

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

Those teeth are really impressive! The geology dept museum is in a bit of a tough spot, funding has been cut and many staff were let go.

@brutebison8387 4 ай бұрын

That's so cool cant wait for you to find some more cool stuff!

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for coming along!

@niniengineering 4 ай бұрын

A ♥️ for the sea lion.

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

Very cute sea lion, though he did give me a fright 😀

@LeonaLinscott-cy6dz 4 ай бұрын

Soooo many turret shells... I'll take 'em!!! I'll take ALL of them!!! 😄😁😆😅🤣

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

There were sooo many!

@ccccarriemchardy9216 4 ай бұрын

Love a good adventure!.

@samhooks3699 4 ай бұрын

Hello from the other Christchurch!! Love finding fossils here too

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

Nice!! I would love to see some photos of them!

@rymkervic123456 4 ай бұрын

Come to the West Coast - go on, we don't bite. Seas are amazing.... each and every tide a powerhouse.

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

I love the West Coast! I don't go there often enough

@mynameIan 4 ай бұрын

Ive done that drive. Had some carrot cake in Dunedin.

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

Nice! It's a beautiful drive once you get past that long straight bit near Ashburton

@joesmith-es1zy 3 ай бұрын

The Masonic Hotel is a pretty nice example of Art Deco architecture.

@gattycroc8073 4 ай бұрын

loved the fossil of the giant penguin near the end of the video.

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

It's soooo big!!

@gattycroc8073 4 ай бұрын

@@MamlamboFossils you know penguins started to evolve to get big soon after the KPG extinction. and I know it's of Kairuku which lived during the Oligocene but cool to know how creatures evolved after the non-avian dinosaurs and other creatures died out.

@roberts5539 15 күн бұрын

note for first time visitors to NZ, the giant salmon in Rakaia 00:19 is not a real salmon.

@user-ik9ll9mk2r 4 ай бұрын

I am amazed that tiny fossil crabs can be found right on the beach. Would you need different tools to prep the really small crabs?

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

I think I would be find with my small Micro Jack air scribe

@marionmarshall7380 4 ай бұрын

So gonna have to visit someday! You’d show a wayward Yank about, right?

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

haha of course!

@billy3800 4 ай бұрын

👍

@Doxymeister 4 ай бұрын

😍❣👍

@Smegzor 4 ай бұрын

My comment about the crab vanished. I was told the fossils on that beach are 200,000 years old and are called false fossils due to their age. I have an excellent specimen that I think I have shown you last time you were in Oamaru but KZfaq didn't like me linking photos of it here. Had you walked another 500 metres you would have encountered massive drifts of fossils literally covering the beach. Last time I was there they were over half a metre deep.

@jamesjoyce4356 4 ай бұрын

wow i can’t believe you went to rakaia, did you also go to a small town called methven?

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

I've been to Methven often, don't they have hot pools now? I'm sure I had a dip there

@jamesjoyce4356 4 ай бұрын

@@MamlamboFossils wow that’s cool, i just went to raking and tried to predict where you took the photo. (hopefully that doesn’t sound weird)

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

@@jamesjoyce4356 I was just across the road :)

@jamesjoyce4356 4 ай бұрын

@@MamlamboFossils by the cafe?

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

@@jamesjoyce4356 yeah, just across the road I think

@peterclegg2609 4 ай бұрын

Imagine the size of the crab in that concretion at the beginning 😏

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

Giant!!!

@RapiersSting 4 ай бұрын

awwe a huge water doggo!!!

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

lol and he chased me like 10 min later, I was so far away as well!

@RapiersSting 4 ай бұрын

@@MamlamboFossils he either wanted to play fetch or he was hungry! lmao

@Smegzor 4 ай бұрын

Pity you didn't tell the Otago club you were coming down here. You could have visited a few collections on the way through Dunedin. I'd have given you some rocks and fossils.

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

There's always next time! This was a quick trip

@PaleoDutch 4 ай бұрын

New Zealand looks really stunning! Cant wait for your next video.

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

It's a beautiful place!

@twistdpossum 4 ай бұрын

Can you recommended a place to have your 3d models printed I'm in ChCh and am trying to find my own but wish to keep it natural if I do find my own and would like a model to compare if that makes sense

@MamlamboFossils 4 ай бұрын

I know you can get things printed at the Christchurch library, it will be the cheapest I think