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AIn1823,ayoungwomannoticedastrangefossilonabeachnearLymeRegis,

England.Shedugthebonesandhadthem(carry)toherhome.She

(careful)arrangedtheskeletononatable.Thenshesawsomething

extraordinary.Thecreature’sneckwasameterlong—morethanhalfthe

(long)ofitsbody.ItwasunlikeanyanimallivingonEarth.

BEvenayoungage,MaryAnninghadatalentspotting

“curies”—unusualorcurious,fossils.Herfatherdiedin1810,leavingherfamily

debt,soMarybegansellingherfossilstocollectors.Ayearlater,agedjust12,

shemadeherfirstmajordiscovery—acrocodile-likeskullwi