Bill Riley was reeling in a small flounder while surf fishing at North Carolina's North Topsail Beach when he tripped over a rock in the sand--one that turned out to be a 10-inch fossilized oyster experts say is up to 25 million years old. Riley released the flounder, but kept the oyster. Jacksonville Daily News.
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July 05, 2009
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