{"id":658,"date":"2012-10-05T23:48:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T03:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/?p=658"},"modified":"2013-03-05T21:29:23","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T02:29:23","slug":"mastodons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/2012\/10\/05\/mastodons\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastodons!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">ngg_shortcode_0_placeholderOne of the gazillion reasons that I love Boston is that we have an amazing Museum of Science. I&#8217;m not exactly a science-y person, but this museum has been blowing my mind since I was a little kid. They continually put up phenomenal exhibits that are incredibly informative, really fun for little kids and big kids, and displayed beautifully. We got a sneak preview of the new mastodon exhibit, and it did not disappoint. Again, ancient mammoths, not exactly my thing, but it was incredibly humbling to be reminded that this planet has been inhabited for at least 65 <strong>million<\/strong> years, and incredibly staggering to be reminded that we know an\u00a0<em>awful<\/em> lot about ancient mammoths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Also, mastodon is fun to say, and some of the early mastodons look like Snuffleupagus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">ngg_shortcode_1_placeholder<\/p>\n<!-- relpost-thumb-wrapper --><div class=\"relpost-thumb-wrapper\"><!-- filter-class --><div class=\"relpost-thumb-container\"><style>.relpost-block-single-image, .relpost-post-image { margin-bottom: 10px; }<\/style><h4>random related posts:<\/h4><div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div><div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div><!-- relpost-block-container --><div class=\"relpost-block-container relpost-block-column-layout\" style=\"--relposth-columns: 5;--relposth-columns_t: 4; --relposth-columns_m: 4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/2019\/06\/14\/smith-museum\/\"class=\"relpost-block-single\" ><div class=\"relpost-custom-block-single\"><div class=\"relpost-block-single-image rpt-lazyload\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190615_2025441212530392589741122-100x100.jpg\" style=\"background: transparent no-repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 100px; height: 100px; aspect-ratio: 1\/1;\"><\/div><div class=\"relpost-block-single-text\"  style=\"height: 70px;font-family: Arial;  font-size: 11px;  color: #4f0e21;\"><h2 class=\"relpost_card_title\">Smith Museum<\/h2><span class=\"rpth_list_date\">June 14, 2019<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/2022\/11\/19\/birthday-party-2\/\"class=\"relpost-block-single\" ><div class=\"relpost-custom-block-single\"><div class=\"relpost-block-single-image rpt-lazyload\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nggallery_import\/20221119_122713-100x100.jpg\" style=\"background: transparent no-repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 100px; height: 100px; aspect-ratio: 1\/1;\"><\/div><div class=\"relpost-block-single-text\"  style=\"height: 70px;font-family: Arial;  font-size: 11px;  color: #4f0e21;\"><h2 class=\"relpost_card_title\">Birthday Party<\/h2><div class=\"relpost_card_exerpt\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div><span class=\"rpth_list_date\">November 19, 2022<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/2014\/05\/19\/jrs-birthday\/\"class=\"relpost-block-single\" ><div class=\"relpost-custom-block-single\"><div class=\"relpost-block-single-image rpt-lazyload\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ngg_featured\/2014-05-19-20.23.52-150x150.png\" style=\"background: transparent no-repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 100px; height: 100px; aspect-ratio: 1\/1;\"><\/div><div class=\"relpost-block-single-text\"  style=\"height: 70px;font-family: Arial;  font-size: 11px;  color: #4f0e21;\"><h2 class=\"relpost_card_title\">JR&#039;s Birthday<\/h2><span class=\"rpth_list_date\">May 19, 2014<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><!-- close relpost-block-container --><div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div><\/div><!-- close filter class --><\/div><!-- close relpost-thumb-wrapper --><!-- Developer mode initialization; Version: ;4.3.3Relation: both; All categories: 1;Found 3 posts;Basic sizes;Got sizes 100x100;Post-thumbnails enabled in theme;Post has thumbnail 18633;Postthname: thumbnail;Using title with size 160. 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