Workshop exploring prehistoric sharks with real shark teeth and fossils at Blue Reef Aquarium.
From Fossils to Fins is at Blue Reef Aquarium on Monday 27 July, a workshop that looks at prehistoric sharks. It's held right here in Portsmouth, so if you're around the city on a Monday, it's an easy one to drop into.
The whole session is built around real shark teeth and fossils, which you'll get to see and handle rather than just look at from behind glass. The teeth come from species that lived millions of years ago, and the fossils give you a sense of how these animals changed over time. It's a hands-on way to get a feel for the scale and shape of the creatures that came before the sharks we know today, and you'll be doing it inside the aquarium itself.
If you've spent any time around the tanks at Blue Reef, you've seen the modern sharks swimming past, so this is a chance to see what they looked like when they were completely different beasts. The workshop connects those prehistoric remains to the living animals on display, tracing the line from the fossils to the fins. It's a good fit for anyone with a curiosity about the natural world, and it works just as well if you're coming with kids.
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It all happens on Monday 27 July at Blue Reef Aquarium in Portsmouth. The session is called From Fossils to Fins, and the focus is on those prehistoric shark teeth and fossils.
