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note for first time visitors to NZ, the giant salmon in Rakaia 00:19 is not a real salmon.

Pretty cool, i was wondering how many hours does it take from start to finish?

How exactly are you sure it is 4 million years old though?

Oh look. A white male oppressing you.

Cool.

His eyes are that blue because he’s achieved vision 2.0

Pulling a bird from thin air isn't magic. Making an accurate model of a creature fossilized in rock without seeing it is 🎩

Impressive!

Awesome

A really old penwing

Esto es maravilloso 😎👌🏽😍

Congratulations! 👏🎉

I wish I was there! That looks like a blast! Great job!

4 millioooon years old ? No way it’s actually 4 trillion years old

This is amazing! Does the scribe damage the fossil if you aren't careful? I presume so.

Bro it’s only 22° outside and you’re in shorts saying it’s a nice day lol! 22 is cold Af!!!😂

Wow amazing!!!!!

Wow! That was an incredible prep! I can see why you said it's too delicate! But wow, it's fabulous! Thanks Morne!

I know it's probably impossible, but ever had any luck exposing the mouth parts at all? I'm assuming any effort to scribe around that area would just break all the fragile parts off....Maybe you would have to manually chip each little bit of rock off...but even then probably too fragile. I would love to see the preserved mouth parts.

What guides your decision about how much rock to remove? I mean we can see that there is a core of rock replacing internal structures in this final result keeping it mostly together. But what guides you to fully reveal the exterior structures, replacing the rock with glue where needed etc? You mention it's more fragile so I'm guessing theres just a preservation need to keep the fossil largly encased unless science calls for more excavation.

It Must have been nice, being a crab “Millions” of Years Ago… 😅 It’s almost as if Evolution Theory is a Lie…

Finally a fossil that isn't broken into two halves 🥹

Why haven’t you got that out on display 🤔

Amazg Crab

Amazg Fossile Crab

Isnt it amazing to think that no living thing laid eyes on that crab for 12 million years? xD Mamlambo, find out a way to un-mineralize it.

Wow, that crab is amazing! There's a lot of strategic work there!😊

Release him unto the world

😱🤯😵 twelve millions years - I can't get a grasp of it. By the way, awesome, great skills, dedication, great video production. Long time subscriber, always enjoys it. Just an advice you could implement : Adding some text presenting the maximum of information on the fossil, the animal, the era, the fossilization process, composition/weight of the fossil, etc. KUTGW! ❤😀👍

Amazing find and prep on that crab,fun to watch the time lapse and reveal. The leg that keeps breaking off, would it be possible to take a small diameter bit and drill a small hole in the center of each bit and place a dowel of some sort to secure it in place.

Awesome stuff - also, 1.5k downvotes? - What's wrong with people - That's bizarre behavior. Keep up the good work.

How can I tell if something is a fossil and not a rock? it looks like bone but it could very well just be a rock 😅 (asking for advice for a amateur fossil hunter being me)

I always love to watch these videos, the crab fossils almost always turn out incredible! Well done! 😮

WOW !!! That's incredible !

Who would have ever thought that would be rescued from that rock!?! Amazing!

Plot twist. Crab wakes up, yawns then walks away!! Hats off to your level of skill and patients

Why do you only wear one glove when using an air scribe?

You always amaze me. What a beautiful crab.

You truly have one of the best channels on RUclips! 👍🏻❤️

You rock

That’s amazingly delicate work! It’s really interesting to see the bones in the larger-claw (I’d never before realized that Crustaceans DO have bones; had assumed that everything was made of cartilidge!) - they look so much like the bones that make-up Our hands. 😄

That critter looks like it could just give itself a bit of a twitch and then scuttle off into the corner of your workshop! Where were the eyes located on this species?

It does seem like one of the most complete crab preps you've done... always addictive to watch! Cheers!

Someone forgot the KFC leftovers

Nobody will ever convince me that this person didnt just carve a stone into some deformed fossil. "Oh look, a 19 trillion year old bear fossilized in this tree!" *reves chainsaw

👍🇺🇸

Should put it in some clear epoxy so it can't break an you can still see it

Amazing work! Always brings me happiness when I see fossils like this so well preserved and presented.

Great work

It must've been nice, being a crab millions of years ago. All you had to worry about was predators and the availability of prey...