Spiders’ Eyes and Leg Hairs

It takes perfect conditions to form a fossil. Textbooks often say it takes a lot of time … and a slow, gradual burial. But that won’t form a fossil—the creature will just rot away!

In one rock formation in South Korea, scientists found insects, plants, fish, and spider fossils. What could bury all these together?

And, not only that, the spiders were so well-preserved, you could see their eyes … and even leg hairs!

These fossils haven’t been sitting around for a hundred million years. And they weren’t buried slowly either. They were covered so quickly that even the fine details are left for us to find today!

And this all happened during the flood of Noah’s day just thousands of years ago.

Dig Deeper

• Transcontinental Rock Layers
• Experiment: Fast-Formed Fossils