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What the heck is this?
Welcome to the V01d! Below this box is a really long essay about why I decided to make this website. But to summerise it in a few words, its a place where I get to talk about what I love most-- PALEONTOLOGY!!! It just gives me an excuse to research topics for no reason other than make a really long essay about it, and let it float around in the void of the internet. Hopefully one day any of this information will be useful to someone. Yeah. That's it.
Pro tip: Lets get one thing straight-- this website is MADE for you to click links after links after links. I ended up organizing this like an oger, aka like an onion, because it has LAYERS. I think it makes it fun but due note that if you have crappy internet or the pages take too long to load, then yeah, this won't be fun. Anyway, to summarize; CLICK AWAY DEAR USER!!
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The Beauty of extinct life
The history of life on Earth is a guide to the present. It takes us on a journey of wonder to see all of the trial and error it has gone through, and it helps us understand why it behaves the same way today. Once life started, it never stopped. Through mass extintion and famine, through dry summers and freezing winters, or acid rains and asteroids. It pushes onward with unshakable strength.
But the true poetic beauty of extinct life is to see it today. Every fossil is just as unique as the lifeform that it represents, because they only lived once. There were many Tyrannosaurs, but only one Sue. There were many Australopithecuses, but only one Lucy. There are many Homo sapiens today, but only one You. They lived millions of years ago, when everything was different, and through the unlikely process of fossilization, they managed to show themselves today. See that all of these individual lifeforms expand into what it seems to be an infinite realm of variety, showing us the many forms that life can take. It expands our vision and invites us to broaden our imagination.
There may not be many practical uses for Paleontology. It may be hard for people to see why anyone should care at all. But there are many reasons to dedicate your life to it. Some that may come to mind is a love for life, a thirst for excitment and mystery, or a yearning for wonder. And more importantly, because it's fun. REALLY fun.
But that's just the way I see it, anyway.
This is going to be under construction for a long time. Meanwhile, here's a video of a puppy falling asleep