VMNHcast #2: Petra the Ice Age cave cat

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The VMNHcast

Ben Williams

16 episodes

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The VMNHcast is the official podcast of the Virginia Museum of Natural History in Martinsville, Virginia. Hosted by the museum's Administrator of Science Ben Williams, the VMNHcast features interviews with museum staff and friends of the museum as they discuss the work they're doing to advance science in Virginia and abroad.

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VMNHcast #2: Petra the Ice Age cave cat

The VMNHcast

17 minutes 2 seconds

3 years ago

VMNHcast #2: Petra the Ice Age cave cat

In the second episode of the VMNHcast, Administrator of Science Ben Williams sits down with Dr. Alex Hastings, Paleontology Curator at the Science Museum of Minnesota and former Assistant Curator of Paleontology at the Virginia Museum of Natural History. Last fall, Dr. Hastings excavated Petra, a large fossil cat dating back to the Ice Age, from a cave in western Virginia. Shortly after, Dr. Hastings sat down with Williams and discussed the difficulties of removing such a large, delicate specimen from a treacherous cave, theories of how Petra wound up in the cave, and much more. Stay tuned for an update on Petra coming very soon!