WOW !!! Absolutely INCREDIBLE ! Not only with finding the first half, but OMG finding the other half and yes, with a zillion other rocks on that vast beach! Congratulations is an understatement !
ALBY! HELL YES! I remember you giving me a sneak peek one day when I was having a horrible week. Project Alby has a special place in my heart because of it. Such an amazing concretion, excellent job finding him
@@MamlamboFossils I really did! And it inspired me to start looking for fossils in local creeks. Have a bison latifrons patella and rib, red wolf jaw, and a mystery herbivore jaw still working on identifying. Due to health problems, I can't go out for very long, but you've given me a passion for it and I thank you
When I was a kid (here in the US) my Grand Father was a farmer and when he'd till up his fields each year, I'd spend a couple of days kicking around the dirt looking for arrowheads. I spent hours of my life out there but I only found maybe 4-5 and some fragments which amounted to finding about one artifact a year. Anyway, I recall on one specific day, I found a piece of a broken arrowhead and if it had been complete, it would have been the largest one I'd ever found by large margin. It was an exciting find, even though it was incomplete. Well on that same day, maybe 30 minutes later, while kicking around the field about 75ft/30m away from where I found the first piece, I found another piece of a big arrowhead, which alone was really exciting and had never happened before! When I got home that evening I was examining my two finds and to my surprise... they fit together and were of the same arrowhead! I tell this story because it felt like a small miracle. After looking around for years I never found much however, on just one day, I found two pieces to the largest artifact I'd ever found. Small miracles like that can happen when we're looking for stuff like this, so if you're ever searching for the other half of a fossil, don't give up hope. It can happen!
So excited to see this posted to the channel! I can’t wait to see it get written and documented. If it’s a new species itd be really cool to have a paleoartists draw it
I’ve been wanting to get into fossil hunting. I keep getting recommended videos of people finding a rock and then immediately shattering it destroying any possible fossils inside. I thought to myself, there has to be a better way. So glad to have found your channel.
I agree with you 💯 👍! Those videos of people bashing fossils with a hammer just annoy me. I love this channel also because he puts in the hard work to do it properly. ✌🇨🇦
Dang ! I wasn"t there and I got thrilled with you. Brings to mind all the hours and days I'd spent hunting fossil evidence, in Toronto Ontario Canada, and then toodling my finds to the curator's office at The Royal Ontario Museum for identification. Such fun.
Is it wrong to NOT be surprised that you found the other half? I can only imagine the hours that you put in. Congrats- keep the content coming- I love the channel. Thank you.
Congratulations on such an amazing find. The chances of this must have been astronomical, a testament to your passion. What a treat, thank you for sharing.
What a great find, not only the first half but the excitement of finding the second half 9 months later. I thought that it would be a good candidate for the xray thing you do or button scan, as you could then 3d print all the bones and put it together. I'm 62 and find it fascinating what your doing with the fossils Regards Richard 🇬🇧
Not only an amazing find but hitting the lottery while being stuck by lightning on a clear day...finding the second half! Congrats and hope they can either identify or name it after you ! 🎉✨️🍻🍻🍻
Wonderful! The people at the museum must have been beside themselves with excitement when you showed them the first part. And 9 month later you showed them the other half of the concerti on including part of the skull! Out of all those heaps of stone, out of all the concretions still weathering out of the cliff, you did something that seems close to impossible. As you know, flying birds are made up of small, fragile, hollow bones and fossils as complete as this are incredibly rare. I look forward to hearing about further developments as it is studied and described.
I was fossil hunting with my (pregnant at the time) wife on Penarth beach in Wales. I just found half a nodule with a beautiful complete (large) ammonite in it. I picked it up and started to walk towards my wife who was perhaps 20 yards away - when she stooped down and picked up a similar size rock. Yep it was the other half :)
That gave me chills, how incredible to see those ancient remains, and so much there, i do hope it will be named after you, you do so much dedicated, ethical and talented work. Great to see your channel grow exponentially, started following you at about 8k subs, well deserved success, you are established now and deserve millions. 💥👏👏👏👏👏👏
Whoa !! That is AMAZING ! the shirt/thick/hollow bone looks so much like the first one.... the museum must be shaking there head at your good luck (and fossil hunting skills) ssp name should be mamlambo
I get very excited when I find animal bones on the ground (that are probably from the butcher) I can’t imagine how happy you felt after you uncovered this amazing find
@MamlamboFossils And it is much appreciated by everyone! You find the most amazing fossils, but this bird is my favorite by far! I hope you get to name it if it's a new species! That would be wonderful!
Congrats on your evolution! It was so frustrating to watch you leave large bone clusters for crabs. I love both, but bones can tell such a larger picture of past life on earth.
Congratulations, it does not even cover it. I'm sure your friends in the fossil community are overjoyed for you, and with this find. Be blessed. My friend.
Meant to be! That and dogged determination. Never give up!! You've been rewarded for your consistent searching. Hope you get your name included in the official records.
Outstanding video awesome that you were able to get all the pieces to this bird to bad the skull is not complete thank you for sharing this with us six stars brother
@@lakyblake2536 yip, free. Have a look at the NZ Geological Map - it's free online and look for sedimentary rocks. You will have to do some research :)
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Absolute amazing !!! The chance that you find the otter half..just wow congrats 🎉
I honestly couldn't believe it either!!
Goes to show he scours those beaches!
Thanks so much for watching everyone! Here is my patreon channel for extra content: www.patreon.com/mamlambo
WOW !!! Absolutely INCREDIBLE ! Not only with finding the first half, but OMG finding the other half and yes, with a zillion other rocks on that vast beach! Congratulations is an understatement !
Wow, thank you!!! Yeah, I was so happy to find it!!
Not a penguin? Perhaps a new species of bird? Wow, just wow! Congratulations! 👍
ALBY! HELL YES! I remember you giving me a sneak peek one day when I was having a horrible week. Project Alby has a special place in my heart because of it. Such an amazing concretion, excellent job finding him
I remember that! I'm glad you enjoyed :)
@@MamlamboFossils I really did! And it inspired me to start looking for fossils in local creeks. Have a bison latifrons patella and rib, red wolf jaw, and a mystery herbivore jaw still working on identifying. Due to health problems, I can't go out for very long, but you've given me a passion for it and I thank you
I find it oddly satisfying to be so happy for a complete stranger. 🙂
Ahhh I appreciate that Ken 😀
When I was a kid (here in the US) my Grand Father was a farmer and when he'd till up his fields each year, I'd spend a couple of days kicking around the dirt looking for arrowheads. I spent hours of my life out there but I only found maybe 4-5 and some fragments which amounted to finding about one artifact a year.
Anyway, I recall on one specific day, I found a piece of a broken arrowhead and if it had been complete, it would have been the largest one I'd ever found by large margin. It was an exciting find, even though it was incomplete. Well on that same day, maybe 30 minutes later, while kicking around the field about 75ft/30m away from where I found the first piece, I found another piece of a big arrowhead, which alone was really exciting and had never happened before!
When I got home that evening I was examining my two finds and to my surprise... they fit together and were of the same arrowhead! I tell this story because it felt like a small miracle. After looking around for years I never found much however, on just one day, I found two pieces to the largest artifact I'd ever found. Small miracles like that can happen when we're looking for stuff like this, so if you're ever searching for the other half of a fossil, don't give up hope. It can happen!
That is such a great story Richard!! Thanks for sharing it, it must have been such an amazing feeling finding that they fit together!
So excited to see this posted to the channel! I can’t wait to see it get written and documented. If it’s a new species itd be really cool to have a paleoartists draw it
I'd love that as well! I need to go make a 3D model of it - it's in the museum's collection at the moment.
If it's a new species it would probably look the same as some living birds. If it's a new genus, however, it might be something unique.
I’ve been wanting to get into fossil hunting. I keep getting recommended videos of people finding a rock and then immediately shattering it destroying any possible fossils inside. I thought to myself, there has to be a better way. So glad to have found your channel.
It pays to be very careful with fossils containing bones, destroying the only fossil of an unknown species would suck!
I agree with you 💯 👍! Those videos of people bashing fossils with a hammer just annoy me. I love this channel also because he puts in the hard work to do it properly. ✌🇨🇦
That was a very awesome find for sure. Anything rare and possibly a new species of animal is a priceless treasure for sure.
It makes all those trips where you don't find anything worth it!
Dang ! I wasn"t there and I got thrilled with you.
Brings to mind all the hours and days I'd spent hunting fossil evidence, in Toronto Ontario Canada, and then toodling my finds to the curator's office at The Royal Ontario Museum for identification. Such fun.
They probably loved it when you came in with all your finds!
That has to be the best of fossil find circumstances to find a continuance of a previous find. Awesome for sure.
I've heard of it happening before, even years after finding the original
So cool to find the other half after such a long time! Congrats on the amazing find!🥳
Thank you!! 😁
Is it wrong to NOT be surprised that you found the other half? I can only imagine the hours that you put in. Congrats- keep the content coming- I love the channel. Thank you.
Soooo many hours!!
Congratulations on such an amazing find. The chances of this must have been astronomical, a testament to your passion. What a treat, thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much! I love being able to share it with everyone!
i´m just amazed that these rocks don´t seem to move as much as I thought over what must be decades. Congrats on this really important find!
I think it had recently fallen out the cliff as it wasn't eroded all that much
You found half of a needle in a haystack not once, but twice. Incredible
I was super lucky!!
What a great find, not only the first half but the excitement of finding the second half 9 months later. I thought that it would be a good candidate for the xray thing you do or button scan, as you could then 3d print all the bones and put it together. I'm 62 and find it fascinating what your doing with the fossils
Regards Richard 🇬🇧
I'm glad you enjoyed it Richard!! Keep well!
@@MamlamboFossils very much so, still eyes down every sunday on the beach when taking the dog out. I wonder what's next ?
Regards Richard
Hit the lottery finding the other half! Congratulations!
You're crazy to walk the same beach over and over... but so lucky !
I feel your joy, refreshing ! I'm so happy for you !
Thanks so much! I was slightly obsessed with finding the other part
That's amazing that you found the other half!
I know!! What are the chances!
Woah!!! I cannot believe you found it! Incredible! Congrats!
Thanks so much Karen!!
Your laser focus paid off! Congratulations! Those are really amazing.
I was slightly obsessed 🤣
Oh boy - nothing better than seeing someone so genuinely happy! Great work :-)
Thank you!
Not only an amazing find but hitting the lottery while being stuck by lightning on a clear day...finding the second half! Congrats and hope they can either identify or name it after you ! 🎉✨️🍻🍻🍻
My thoughts exactly -- should be named after you!!
Thanks so much!! I'll name it after my dad 😀
@@MamlamboFossils Perfect!
Wonderful! The people at the museum must have been beside themselves with excitement when you showed them the first part. And 9 month later you showed them the other half of the concerti on including part of the skull! Out of all those heaps of stone, out of all the concretions still weathering out of the cliff, you did something that seems close to impossible. As you know, flying birds are made up of small, fragile, hollow bones and fossils as complete as this are incredibly rare. I look forward to hearing about further developments as it is studied and described.
Yeah Man!! That's absolutely spectacular. Great, great find. You were grinning ear to ear.
I smiled like that for a week!
Awesome finds and awesome story! Hope they name it after you! Cheers!
If I have a say in it, I will name it after my dad - he had to drive me sooo many places as a kid 😂
@@MamlamboFossils What a heartfelt idea and gesture! Cheers!
Crazy, watching it I could immediately see it was the negative of the original concretion split due to the bone orientation. VERY well done!
Thanks so much!!!
I was fossil hunting with my (pregnant at the time) wife on Penarth beach in Wales. I just found half a nodule with a beautiful complete (large) ammonite in it. I picked it up and started to walk towards my wife who was perhaps 20 yards away - when she stooped down and picked up a similar size rock. Yep it was the other half :)
That is incredible!!! It's amazing that you both found it in such a short period of time!
You are my favorite rock star. Your videos are pure joy to watch. Your exitement is so contagious.
Ahhh I really appreciate your kind words
Top level stuff. Patience and consistent work. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Super amazing to have found the other half. How awesome! Congrats and thanks for sharing, your joy is delightful to see.
Thanks so much!!
That gave me chills, how incredible to see those ancient remains, and so much there, i do hope it will be named after you, you do so much dedicated, ethical and talented work. Great to see your channel grow exponentially, started following you at about 8k subs, well deserved success, you are established now and deserve millions. 💥👏👏👏👏👏👏
That's so awesome! What an amazing find! The fact you found the other half months after the first, truly amazing
I know!!
What are the odds. That's amazing! Can't wait to hear the details.
Me neither!!!
That is sooo awesome!!! Congratulations on finding the other half of your bird! Amazing.
What are the odds?! Top stuff once again, Mr. Mamlambo!
Thanks so much!!!
Whoa !! That is AMAZING !
the shirt/thick/hollow bone looks so much like the first one.... the museum must be shaking there head at your good luck (and fossil hunting skills)
ssp name should be mamlambo
Thanks!! I'm going to name it after my dad - he used to drive me all over the place! 😂
Fascinating! I hope it's a new species! This makes me consider moving to NZ
There's fossils all over! I'm so jealous of the Meg teeth from Florida 😂
So freaking cool. Congrats, dude!
I am stoked to be here for the premiere 😊
Yay! Thanks for coming along!
Wow. That’s amazing. And, just aesthetically, those are beautiful bones. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you! Cheers!
I get very excited when I find animal bones on the ground (that are probably from the butcher) I can’t imagine how happy you felt after you uncovered this amazing find
I was smiling for quite a while 😁
@@MamlamboFossils I can imagine that you were
That is absolutely amazing! You must have spent hundreds of hours combing that beach to find the other half. Good on you!
Sooo many hours!!
@MamlamboFossils And it is much appreciated by everyone! You find the most amazing fossils, but this bird is my favorite by far! I hope you get to name it if it's a new species! That would be wonderful!
Congrats my friend! 🎉
Thanks!!!
Persistence pays off, just got to keep looking. I'm excited just watching, congratulations
Thanks Gordon! It's so cool being able to share the excitement with everyone!
* So many long bones. It is really amazing that so many bones were preserved. ~ Congratulations!! ~ It's like winning the lottery ticket Twice!
It is an amazing fossil!
Amazing. I like that look of joy when you find a fossil!
I was pretty happy!!
Yet another stunning discovery, and this time a double whammy over several months...
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that second half!!
@MamlamboFossils it's testament to your total and relentless dedication, passion and hard work.
Congrats on your evolution! It was so frustrating to watch you leave large bone clusters for crabs. I love both, but bones can tell such a larger picture of past life on earth.
You can't imagine how happy I am for you. Another step forward for science. Well done!!!!
Thank you!! 😊 I was so happy finding that second half!
Wow! That really is absolutely amazing. Congrats and that just blew my mind! Wow!
Thanks so much Lisa 😀
Wow fantastic detecting and persistence. Well done
Thanks Jayne!
This is so fascinating! Keep up the good work, fossil bro! Have a great day!!
Woow, you are living my childhoods dream. Its awesome to see that!
Thanks so much!
Cannot wait for the new species addition under Birbus mamlambonis
that would be so cool 😁
Dude that is way way cool ....thats fantastic, I'm stoked for you
Thanks!!
Lucky nice find brother
Congrats 🎉🎉🎉, you and your fossils are amazing and so unbelievable
Thank you so much!
So happy for you! Can't believe you managed to find the other half! So was the skull inside?
Yip it was!!
Amazing find in deed ,congrats
Thanks!
Incredible! Amazing that you found the other half!
I was sooooo happy when I found it!
Now you need to get a 3d scan of it so you can make a 3d print!
I do need to! I'll have to go do it at the museum!
Congratulations, it does not even cover it. I'm sure your friends in the fossil community are overjoyed for you, and with this find. Be blessed. My friend.
Thank you very much!
Wow! Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you!!
Unreal!! "Avis Morne" has a nice ring to it 🙂
Don't know what that is, but he said he's naming it after his papa, which is super cool
Oh! Comes up as a car rental place in Morne
Aves refers to bird I think
@@MamlamboFossils This is the correct answer, latin for bird.
Meant to be! That and dogged determination. Never give up!! You've been rewarded for your consistent searching. Hope you get your name included in the official records.
I honestly couldn't stop looking, I had dreams about it!
@@MamlamboFossils 🕵♂🪨⏳🎖🌟‼
Wow! Such an amazing find!
Yes it was!!
Congratulations!! from Tennessee.
Thank you!
Astounding! Congratulations!
Thanks so much!!
Outstanding video awesome that you were able to get all the pieces to this bird to bad the skull is not complete thank you for sharing this with us six stars brother
Glad you enjoyed it Joseph!!
Wow, what are the odds! Well done bro.
Thanks!
That's amazing... congratulations 🎉🎉
Thanks so much!
Congratulations mate! What an amazing find! Will you be able to contribute to the name, if it is a new species?
Yip, I'll name it after my dad 😀
@@MamlamboFossils oh that’s brilliant! I really hope that you get the privilege to name this amazing fossil!
Nice find!
Thanks!
Such an amazing find!
Thanks!
Far fantastic. Congrats I’m so excited for you
Thanks so much!!
That seems pretty miraculous! If it’s a new species, will they name it after you? 😄
They said I can choose a name so I will name it after my dad 😀
@@MamlamboFossils That’s an amazing and valiant way to honor him. You impress me more and more, noble sir.
What are the odds, great work.
Thanks!!
wow! i hope they name it after you!
I'll name it after my dad if given the option 😀
Just freaking amazing
Thanks :)
Needle in a bazillion haystacks!😮
Incredible find, it was meant to be!
Thanks Carrie!!
Absolutely unbelievable
It really is!!!
Wonder what the odds were for finding the other half. Amazing.
This is so freaking cool. Not to get hopes up, but in the meantime, SURELY you'll be thinking about what to name it... just in case... :)
I'll be naming it after my dad if I get the chance - for all the times he had to drive me to go exploring areas as a kid 😀
@@MamlamboFossils The DadLambOpteryx... it's beautiful 😭
That was awesome!
That’s freaking awesome 💪
Thanks!!!
Would like to see the fish specimen prepped.
I'll have a think about how to prep it!
Tungsten dissecting pins a microscope and a tremendous amount of patience.
That's so cool!!
Thanks!
Amazing luck!
Yes it was!
I told you before ..... its a saber toothed duck, its the missing link between the woolly penguin and tigers
Love it!!!
Very very cool!!
Thanks!
Congratulations!
Thank you!
Hopefully they let you name the new species.
I'm going to name it after my dad :)
CONGRATULATIONS
Wow too cool! 🎉
Thank you 🤗
hey i really love your videos im from nz to and would love to find some fossils do you know any good spots on the top half of the north island
There should be fossils pretty much anywhere where it's not covered in volcanic rock - have a look at www.geotrips.org.nz/
@@MamlamboFossils alr tysm
@@MamlamboFossilssorry for all the question but how do I know if a beach is gonna be covered in volcanic rock befor I go there
@@lakyblake2536 yip, free. Have a look at the NZ Geological Map - it's free online and look for sedimentary rocks. You will have to do some research :)
Fantastic!
That is so cool
Thanks!
Congratulations! 🎉