To locate a good spot to hunt for them.Hoer uses a geologic map "I just look up the geologic age in which dinosaurs lived," Horner says."I look on the map to see where that rock is exposed at the surface of the ground.And then I walk I around in those areas looking for bones."
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They dig out the bones using tools as big as jackhammers and as small as dental picks.Then they take the bones, wrapped in plaster casts for protection, back to the museum.
Hoer is so good at finding and interpreting dinosaur bones that he is considered one of the leading paleontologists in the world.In 1978, he discovered the first nest of baby dinosaurs ever found.The nest was the first evidence that Dinosaurs cared for their young. 74
Paleontologists got to know how dinosaurs laid their eggs and how they took care of their young.Paleontologists learned all sorts of things that people hadn't even guessed at before.Horner says some people think his job very romantic and assume that he is a daring adventurer.
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" Getting the stuff out of the ground when it' s snowing or blowing 40 miles an hour can be miserable.Of course, it can get to be 110 degrees with no shade too." But Horner also admits that he wouldn't be a dinosaur hunter if it were not exciting.
A.Actually, the job is mostly hard work.
B.Later, trained workers go to the "dig" site.
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