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Time stands still on this siltstone slab. Two sets of footprints left on a tidal flat, quickly buried and gradually becoming stone, capture a fleeting movement in the lives of amphibians that crossed it.
The prints' size and spacing suggest animals 12 to 18 inches long and 6 inches high. Most likely, the two wandering amphibians did not interact, but crossed the silty seashore at different times, in search of a meal. Around them, insect traces indicate the food supply that probably attracted the amphibians. Did the two voyagers ever get their meals? The frozen footprints can only give us tantalizing clues. |