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The cave floor was covered in layers of fossils — including sloths, birds, and reptiles — mostly derived from owl pellets. Ancient bees used the empty tooth sockets in these bones as nesting sites

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An illustration showing the bones and bee nests in the cave; (right) a part of a fossilised mammal skull, with sediment in a tooth socket that turned out to be a nest built by a prehistoric bee. PICS COURTESY/Jorge Mario Macho, Machuky Paleoart/Lazaro Vinola Lopez

WFP said that Melissa is the biggest hurricane to hit the Caribbean since Hurricane Beryl in July last year, and the strongest storm seen anywhere in the world this year

Updated 3 months ago

An illustration showing the bones and bee nests in the cave; (right) a part of a fossilised mammal skull, with sediment in a tooth socket that turned out to be a nest built by a prehistoric bee. PICS COURTESY/Jorge Mario Macho, Machuky Paleoart/Lazaro Vinola Lopez
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