http://norman.walsh.name/2003/11/30/labrea 6 122 2003-11-30 $Date$ Norman Walsh 2003 Norman Walsh If the words “La Brea” don’t stir a sense of wonder, you didn’t read the right books as a child. To continue the theme of magical experiences, if the words “La Brea” don’t stir a sense of wonder in you, you didn’t read the right books as a child. I don’t know how old I was when I first saw the pictures of Sabre Tooth Tigers and read about how their fossils were pulled from the tar pits at La Brea, but I was pretty small. The quantity and quality of amazing ice age fossils pulled from the tar pits is astonishing. A sticky and frightening end for the poor creatures that contributed them, though. It was really magical to see first hand for the first time.