1935 y\u0131l\u0131nda, Washington’daki Blue Lake’in lav kayal\u0131klar\u0131 aras\u0131nda dikkate de\u011fer bir ke\u015fif yap\u0131ld\u0131. Ta\u015fla\u015fm\u0131\u015f a\u011fa\u00e7 arayan iki \u00e7ift, b\u00fcy\u00fck bir deli\u011fe rastlad\u0131. Merak\u0131 cezbedilen Haakon Friele, fosille\u015fmi\u015f a\u011fa\u00e7 bulmay\u0131 umarak i\u00e7eri girdi. Bunun yerine fosil kemik par\u00e7alar\u0131, aralar\u0131nda bir \u00e7ene kemi\u011fi de vard\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
Bilim insanlar\u0131 \u00e7ene kemi\u011fini Miyosen d\u00f6neminde ya\u015fam\u0131\u015f, modern gergedanlar\u0131n uzak bir akrabas\u0131 olan Diceratherium adl\u0131 bir gergedana ait oldu\u011funu tespit etti. 1948 y\u0131l\u0131nda olu\u015fturulan al\u00e7\u0131 kal\u0131pta, s\u0131rt \u00fcst\u00fc yatan \u015fi\u015fkin, devasa bir gergedan\u0131n belirgin \u015fekli ortaya \u00e7\u0131kt\u0131. Oyucunun yast\u0131k bazalt duvarlar\u0131, gergedan\u0131n lav\u0131n \u00fcst\u00fcn\u00fc kaplad\u0131\u011f\u0131 s\u0131rada s\u0131\u011f bir g\u00f6l ya da derede g\u00f6m\u00fclm\u00fc\u015f oldu\u011funu g\u00f6steriyordu.<\/p>\n\n
Milyonlarca y\u0131l boyunca lav so\u011fudu ve gergedan\u0131 g\u00f6md\u00fc. Spokane Selleri olarak bilinen bir dizi y\u0131k\u0131c\u0131 sel, mucizevi bir \u015fekilde canavar\u0131n kuyru\u011funda bir delik a\u00e7arak onu 13.000 y\u0131l sonra g\u00fcn y\u00fcz\u00fcne \u00e7\u0131kard\u0131.<\/p>\n\n
Son y\u0131llarda Blue Lake Gergedan\u0131 fosili, paleontoloji merakl\u0131lar\u0131 i\u00e7in bir destinasyon haline geldi. Ziyaret\u00e7iler Blue Lake’in kuzey ucuna ula\u015fmak i\u00e7in rowboat kiralayabilir ve gergedan deli\u011finin bulundu\u011fu u\u00e7urumun taban\u0131na kadar dik yoku\u015fu t\u0131rmanabilirler.<\/p>\n\n
Deli\u011fin \u00fczerindeki \u00e7\u0131k\u0131nt\u0131ya t\u0131rmanmak zordur ancak \u00f6d\u00fcl\u00fc buna de\u011fer. Ziyaret\u00e7iler ma\u011faran\u0131n i\u00e7inde, antik Diceratherium gergedan\u0131n\u0131n fosil kal\u0131nt\u0131lar\u0131na hayran kalabilirler. Gergedan\u0131n but k\u0131sm\u0131na kadar s\u00fcr\u00fcnme deneyimi ger\u00e7ekten unutulmazd\u0131r ve Washington Eyaletinin uzak ge\u00e7mi\u015fine bir g\u00f6z atma imkan\u0131 sunar.<\/p>\n\n
Blue Lake Gergedan\u0131 fosili, Pasifik Kuzeybat\u0131s\u0131n\u0131n antik ekosistemine \u0131\u015f\u0131k tutan de\u011ferli bir bilimsel \u00f6rnektir. B\u00f6lgede bir gergedan\u0131n varl\u0131\u011f\u0131 Miyosen d\u00f6neminde daha s\u0131cak ve nemli bir iklim oldu\u011funu g\u00f6stermektedir. Fosil ayr\u0131ca Washington Eyaletinin manzaras\u0131n\u0131 milyonlarca y\u0131l boyunca \u015fekillendiren \u00e7arp\u0131c\u0131 jeolojik olaylar\u0131n kan\u0131t\u0131n\u0131 sunmaktad\u0131r.<\/p>\n\n
Smithsonian Ulusal Do\u011fa Tarihi M\u00fczesi Direkt\u00f6r\u00fc Kirk Johnson, fosil bak\u0131m\u0131ndan zengin Bat\u0131 K\u0131y\u0131s\u0131’n\u0131 ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar\u0131n\u0131 “Cruisn’ the Fossil Coastline” adl\u0131 kitab\u0131nda anlatm\u0131\u015ft\u0131r. Johnson kitapta, sanat\u00e7\u0131 Ray Troll ile yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 yolculuklar\u0131 anlatarak b\u00f6lgenin antik ge\u00e7mi\u015finin g\u00fczelli\u011fini ve gizemini aktarmaktad\u0131r.<\/p>\n\n
Blue Lake Gergedan\u0131 fosili, do\u011fal miras\u0131m\u0131z\u0131 koruma ve inceleme \u00f6neminin bir hat\u0131rlat\u0131c\u0131s\u0131d\u0131r. Fosil \u00fczerinde yap\u0131lan devam eden ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar, bilim insanlar\u0131n\u0131n gergedanlar\u0131n evrimini ve Washington Eyaletinde zamanla meydana gelen \u00e7evresel de\u011fi\u015fiklikleri anlamalar\u0131na yard\u0131mc\u0131 olmaktad\u0131r.<\/p>\n\n
Blue Lake Gergedan\u0131 fosili, do\u011fal d\u00fcnyan\u0131n harikalar\u0131n\u0131n bir kan\u0131t\u0131d\u0131r. Ke\u015ffi ve incelenmesi Washington Eyaletinin antik tarihi hakk\u0131nda de\u011ferli bilgiler sa\u011flam\u0131\u015f ve d\u00fcnyan\u0131n d\u00f6rt bir yan\u0131ndan gelen ziyaret\u00e7ilerin hayranl\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 ve merak\u0131n\u0131 uyand\u0131rmaya devam etmektedir.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Washington Eyaletinde Dola\u015fan Gergedanlar: Blue Lake Gergedan\u0131 Fosiline Yolculuk Blue Lake Gergedan\u0131n\u0131n Ke\u015ffi 1935 y\u0131l\u0131nda, Washington’daki Blue Lake’in lav kayal\u0131klar\u0131 aras\u0131nda dikkate de\u011fer bir ke\u015fif yap\u0131ld\u0131. Ta\u015fla\u015fm\u0131\u015f a\u011fa\u00e7 arayan iki…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138],"tags":[5273,5274,2702,2439,5275,137,5277,5276,5278],"class_list":["post-2621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paleontology","tag-blue-lake-rhino","tag-diceratherium","tag-fossil","tag-rhino","tag-miocene","tag-paleontology","tag-spokane-floods","tag-petrified-wood","tag-washington-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2622,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621\/revisions\/2622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifescienceart.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}