Yesterday I found my cat Lola pondering a fish fossil from the Eocene Green River Formation. Because she's more of an Appalchian cat, I explained to her that this fish was preserved in flat-lying lacustrine deposits in southwestern Wyoming. The formation is notable for bearing impressions/carbon-films of many species, essentially an entire fossil lake ecosystem. She seemed interested, so I referred her to a travel article I wrote on the topic once for Geotimes. She padded off to read it.

Later, Lola conveyed to me that during a cat nap, she dreamt of her own fossilization in the Green River Formation style:

I replied, as I'm sure you would, that I'm not into the idea of pet cryo-preservation or taxidermy, and that I hoped she'd remain unfossilized for the foreseable future. That made her purr. I also reminded her that most cats don't like water, and hence are unlikely to fossilize in their usual habitat.

Ahh, Photoshop: even better than Facebook for wasting away the hours...

Labels: art, fossils, humor, lola