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“Behold The GARLIATH!”: Enormous “Living Fossil” Hauled From Mississippi Floodplains Stuns Scientists

The Mississippi River floodplains are home to one of Earth’s most impressive river monsters: the alligator gar. Known to ...
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Never ask a gar its age — Scientists use carbon dating instead

Aging a these "living fossils" involves complex scientific techniques. In July 1945, the U.S. detonated its first atomic bomb ...