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8,000 frog bones in a Roman ditch were left by owls, study finds

Archaeologists have finally named the culprits behind a pile of about 8,000 frog bones found in one ditch near Cambridge, England. Owls ate the frogs, and the bones tell a story about how the land looked and who used the area 1,700 years ago...

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8,000 frog bones in a Roman ditch were left by owls, study finds

Archaeologists have finally named the culprits behind a pile of about 8,000 frog bones found in one ditch near Cambridge, England. Owls ate the frogs, and the bones tell a story about how the land looked and who used the area 1,700 years ago. — 8,000 frog bones in a Roman ditch were left by owls, study finds Archaeologists have finally named the culprits behind a pile of about 8,000 frog bones found in one ditch near Cambridge, England. Owls ate the frogs, and the bones tell a story about how the land looked and who used the area 1,700 years ago.

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8,000 frog bones in a Roman ditch were left by owls, study finds | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Archaeologists solved a 10-year mystery of 8,000 frog bones found near Cambridge. Owls hunted them 1,700 years ago in Roman Britain.

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