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Bed Bugs & Fossilized Dinosaur Poop Surface At AMNH's Identification Day

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Cameron with a prehistoric clam shell he found Italy.

Paleontologist Carl Mehling reveals the truth.

Dino poop.

Mehling checks out some obsidian arrowheads bought on the internet.

Natasha, first grader, with her arrow heads.

Tropical bird study skins from the early 1900s.

Bridget with her fossilized poop.

Mehling, the poop-identifier, photobombs.

Human skulls from the museum collection.

Volunteer shows off a tarantula.

Vinegaroons are named after their vinegar-like defense spray.

Vinegaroon meets scorpion tattoo.

Dye-injected skeletons.

Brown recluse spiders are as venomous as black widows.

The Trasandes show of their fossils.

A petrologist, or rock-specialist, inspects a geode.