Wonderful video. THIS is what brings the past to life and connects us to it. As a child, I had a a common trilobite fossil in a chunk of matrix (rock). There was a somewhat obvious seam along the side, indicating that this rock could be easily split. With great patience and care, I did so, revealing another well preserved trilobite. Some of the matrix stuck to it, which I painstakingly removed with a large sewing needle and warm water. That feeling of revealing the full creature, that specific little fellow, unseen by any living eyes for over half a billion years... nothing compares to it. When you are the first being to see and contemplate another's remains across vast gaps of time, it feels like you are the last page of a very very large book.
…thank you for sharing , that would have been such an exciting discovery, …it is amazing how one is deeply moved , when we feel that connection with other living beings, even if it’s billions of years old, or being approached by a wild animal seeking our help.. it really is a wonderful world..we are lucky..
I can't believe the time, care, and attention you've put into this! An absolutely incredible show of commitment and passion. I know this video is over a year old now, but still - congratulations! You did an amazing thing!
What an epic fossil prep! 208 hours, 1200GB of footage and 16kg of rock chipped away! Thanks for everyone's patience! 🦀🦀Update: This video explains how I knew the crab was in there: ruclips.net/video/KkJVZPxJRcc/видео.html 🦀🦀
Hi mate finally you show us your awesome skills , yes I would like to get a copy of this crab, I have been trying to get a megladon tooth to you, it is about 75% there and is about three inches long or there about and part of one side is missing. If you want this I will send it airmail, just let me know. Keep producing these awesome preps, hhmmm now about that skull you have to do and been promising me, the large fish skull that is. Cheers mate.
WOAH! That is Beautiful! Awesome reward for all those hours of work. First Human to see it revealed Congrats!! Watching the vid I was thrilled to see the carapace revealed, then the right claw. Thinking oh yeah he really did fid an Epic 🦀! It is cool to Offer a replica, cast? Of this specimen.
My undertstand is that he looks for clues. Things like exposed part of the fossil. I bet he fails many times and in the end is all about experience and train eye.
Michaelangelo once stated that the figures he sculpted were already in the marble, all he did was to set them free. You, sir, are a true artist in the scientific world.
@@gracefully_livy I REwatched the video (all of it, this time) and this time I noticed something I hadn't noticed before, at 3:44 he chisels the rock to expose more of the claw, so he is not creating the fossils because the chisel exposed more of the claw. If it were fake, how would the rock know how and where to break?
This is just a fantastic time lapse video. The music is on point and the camera pan shots are FIRE. You have reason to be proud of the find, the prep, and of the video quality. Crushing it!
@@MamlamboFossils I think I'm gonna subscribe to you your worth it I'm just got to suss out how to do it because I'm a bit of a fossil myself with technology it's taken me 10 minutes to write this out aaaahhhaaa
The transformation from concretion to an ancient crab is so fascinating and enjoyable to watch. Like a “ treasure hunt “ everyday !! Simply beautiful. ☺️
Impressive! Both the prep and the revealed creature. In northern Arizona where I live, an ancient ocean once existed. There are tons of marine fossils in the area. So cool to see others interested in and excited about these "rocks."
Wow I am totally amazed by the beauty you are able to achieve through all time and labor you put in from finding to the final prepping of the fossil. Thank you so much for your videos.
Oh my word 😮 That is absolutely amazing. I am completely new to fossils and fossil hunting and am astounded at your skill both in finding and revealing what appears to be quite a complete specimen. I will never look at rocks the same!! Thank you so much ❤
OH MY GOD!!! This is absolutely incredible. This is my first time seeing something like this. How does they form like this? Nature is truly fascinating. And how do you even spot them among so many identical rocks? Your patience and skills are astounding. Absolutely loved this video. Thank you for making such content!
I'm so impressed with the amount of work that goes in to one of your projects, and you did a fantastic job! This huge crab was quite exciting to watch emerge, thank you for recording the process. :-)
Every once in a while I come back to your channel to binge on your videos and it never disappoints! RUclips needs content like this to be trending in my eyes. So cool :)
Your channel is gonna blow up big soon man. Your hard work is going to pay off. Starting to see your videos on Reddit and Facebook and so on. Congratulations man you deserve it! So much time and effort put into your hobby
Que cosa tan hermosa! El solo pensar que hace algunos miles o millones de años estuvo viviendo en nuestra hermosa tierra es indescriptible. Muchas gracias por desempeñar tu trabajo con tanto amor. Bendiciones desde México!
Surely the satisfaction of the completed project is unmatched with any thing I could write. That being said. My heartfelt congratulations on such a rare and inspiring find. The patience and perseverance to bring the specimen to daylight. The forethought to carefully film the process. Priceless...absolutely priceless !!
Wow! That giant crab is impressive. I don’t think I have ever seen one in real life, that big. Is that because it’s millions of years old and everything back then just seemed jumbo sized?? Beautiful job. That was incredibly satisfying!! Thank you so much for sharing the awesome things you do!!
That is absolutely beautiful. Let’s see, 208 hours, plus labor to get it. That is one valuable crab. I would sure love to go out on an exploration with you.
Just the fact it is was a loving thing millions of years ago. And now has a sense of artistic display about it. I'm sure if it had a soul to think. It wouldn't mind being art
As a geologist, this is quite the treat considering I don't get to go to the field much anymore. That is quite museum quality specimen. Do you know the formation age perhaps? Or the regional depositional source?
@@x3r9g6 so generally fossils occur through permineralization which means the cavity space left behind by the creature when it dies in place gets covered by "mud" and gets replaced by whatever host minerals are there at the time of lithification (conversion into rock). Now in this case because a crab thas an exoskeleton that is chitinous and typically composed of biopolymer and basically calcium, it undergoes a process called replacement where the host structure is replaced by the rock around the animal. So the shell usually doesn't decay and basically turns into what ever rock is there. There are other forms of fossilization but in general, all things fossilized are usually covered by mud, volcanic ash, or sand. Lava usually destroys any trace of an animal trapped in it. Hope that helps.
@@phantomkid8952 that is where the hard part is. Even seasoned geologists and paleontologists can sometimes mistake abiotic formations for biological. Most of the time it comes down to a structure difference or obvious patterns - i.e. knowing the host rock characteristics compared to anomalistic traits like for instance an ammonite has "suture" structures in its chambered shell that is easily recognized from the rock itself. But that's where in depth study comes in -manganese dendrites for instance can look like fossilized ferns but they are in fact manganese oxide crystals that can form in cracks or layers between rocks. The other way we recognize fossils is studying how the rock was formed, like limestone that forms in ancient shallow seas and knowing that finding unusual patterns in outcrops of that limestone can often times lead to fossil discoveries due to the fact that life is quite prevalent in those types of environments. Basically the biological clues of today can lead to discoveries of the past.
you are a great guy ... i like to hear your voice and watch your videos .. the feeling of holding something old in your hands really has to be something special i wish you continued good finds and all the love for you and your family. .steffi from Germany
My mind is blown and I'm not even into fossils (sorry) but your talent just for spotting this is incredible...let alone the hours prepping it. Well done sir.
Well done sir. I’m not sure if your 220 hours is daunting or invigorating. (: What an amazing feat of dedication. Good on you sir, that is quite impressive. The last scene with you holding it up and glowing ear to ear with that proud smile is classic.
I saw this on another channel and was 100% shure it was a fake video. But i searched you own channel and got a much better display of it... along with your other latest uploads i´m blown away by the amount of time you are investing in these projects! Very special channel to be found. I´m glad i searched for it...
Thats awesome Peter! Thanks so much watching the videos. Quite a few people think the videos are fake, and it does look strange the first time you see it 😀
@@MamlamboFossils it's the structure of the type of rock that was misleading me. Living im Germany i have never seen a rock that has so few patterns of different material in it. None the less i'm fascinated by all the fossils you found so far. Best of luck for all the ones still waiting for you! And at least the 208 hours made you one more very happy subscriber! 😁
My wife and I are Blown Away by this prep!!!!! Outstanding!!!!! What species and age is that? I've never seen anything like it. That large claw is Massive!!! Thank You Mamlambo!!!!!! We would love to get a replica/cast of that!!
This was really amazing to watch! I wonder how you decide where to stop revealing the fossil? I think I would have to see how much of the crab I could reveal! This is really fascinating to watch and thanks for showing us! Now I am a subscriber!!!
This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen on RUclips! Thanks for sharing! 208 hours sounds like a lot but not for a masterpiece that will be displayed for hundreds of years and the video already has 600x the watch time as the labour. Kudos!
WOW! I have a ton of questions, but first I must say I am really impressed with your skill and patience...wonderful job! 1. How did you know it was a crab fossil when you found it on the beach? Did you see a small amount poking through the rock? 2. How are you able to chip away the rock without damaging the fossil itself? 3. Would it be feasible to remove all of the rock so that you could study the features of the mouth and the like? 4. Do you sell these? Or are they for your personal collection? Thank you so much for sharing this..fantastic video.
@@wendyhoag9637 After watching his vids for a while now I have answers for most of them: #1 A lot of times a tiny bit of claw or leg is poking out and he can identify them that way, but he also can tell by the shape of the concretion that it might have something inside. #2 He uses a small tool and as the fossil is a bit harder than the material around it, he can go really slow and the surrounding material can be chipped away. Watch one of his prep videos, they are fascinating and looks to be very laborious...however, the results are absolutely amazing....Oh and he also uses acid on the rock as well to prep it. #3 The more of the material you remove, the more fragile the actual fossil becomes and if you try and remove all of it, it runs the risk of breaking it. Still don't know about #4. If anyone in the comments would like to elucidate or correct me If I have something wrong, please let me know. :)
I wonder what the odds were that out of all the crabs there’s been, that one would make it to that size, stay intact at death, some how end up at that beach, and be found and prepped. I don’t know if there’s enough 0’s for that statistical odd.
@@MamlamboFossils which you should be getting paid for or at least forcing them to acknowledge your RUclips! I came here to sub after seeing it on Facebook, after they conveniently removed any portion of the video that contained your RUclips name lol. Maybe you should start watermarking them.
All rocks have crabs in them , I didn't believe it at first till I took a rock out of the flower bed and slowly started chipping and grinding with a dremel. Sure enough there was a crab in it , I took a rock from my neighbors flower bed and found one in it too. I am working on a giant 12 ton boulder right now I had shipped in from Scotland. I can't wait to see if it's one huge crab or 600 small ones. I hope it's a giant one!!
@@KingUsyk Ha, I've since learned about this type of fossil. Funny thing is, my dad was an earth sciences teacher. My dad had plenty of fossil rocks from Ohio for us to chip away at. However, I wasn't aware of this kind of fossil.
This is amazing. What about that rock made you think there was a fossil inside? To think that crab scuttled around 12,000,000 years ago and is now sitting in your house. Fascinating man keep up the great work!
This is a stunning crab and such a lucky find to have one so large and well preserved. Congratz Mamlambo! How often is it that the pattern remains on a crab?
Ok, so all of the rocks around that one seemed very similar. Could they all be fossil crabs? And how do you know its possibly a fossil crab. What do you look for?
I found it. Wow! What a beauty he is! Such amazing work you do. That's a lot of hours for sure, but like you said, we'll worth it. Thank you for sharing!✌🤠
That is a Monster, it's huge! That hit me in the feels. What a beautiful specimen and well worth the wait! When are they going to name a crab after you? So good to watch you prep, could watch it all day. Thank you for taking us along this incredible journey.
From what the intro looks like. The ytuber was walking along beach and found huge rock. How would he know what's in it? Its almost like he got a huge crab and enclosed it himself with cement.
They can tell by how they are shaped and sometimes the outlines on the rock that they are crabs. I have watched a few videos of people just flipping rocks until they find them.
You could see the cross-section of the crabs legs on the surface of the rock. Pause at the beginning of the 0:08 mark and notice the marks on the left side of the rock?
@@ronaldovfx As Beardy said he saw the cross sections of the crab legs on the outside of the rock, that's how he knew there was a fossil crab in that rock. If you are asking how he knew where geographically or what kinds of rocks to look at, look up crab concretions.
What he does is get a fake fossil, or real in some cases, and purposely encases it in a concrete epoxy mix. He can then make a video of extracting it, like this. It’s not necessarily “real” or “fake”. Still really cool, but that’s how he can randomly pick it out on the beach.
1 the shape of the rock. 2 on the sides of the rock you can see a cross-section off some or all legs that have been ground away from time and other rocks
amazing work! and i've felt your happiness and all that giddiness through the screen ❤ thank you for the close-up shots too, those were very beautiful. i am very happy for you that you were finally able to prep it after two years. best of luck in all your future endeavors i hope you get to find more and cooler ones 💛💛
You should make a bunch of alien creature fossils and leave them on some random trails and beaches for people to find. Scare the s*** out of some kids.
Wonderful video. THIS is what brings the past to life and connects us to it. As a child, I had a a common trilobite fossil in a chunk of matrix (rock). There was a somewhat obvious seam along the side, indicating that this rock could be easily split. With great patience and care, I did so, revealing another well preserved trilobite. Some of the matrix stuck to it, which I painstakingly removed with a large sewing needle and warm water. That feeling of revealing the full creature, that specific little fellow, unseen by any living eyes for over half a billion years... nothing compares to it. When you are the first being to see and contemplate another's remains across vast gaps of time, it feels like you are the last page of a very very large book.
What an amazing discovery and experience, thank you for sharing!!!🤩👋🇨🇦
How much do they sell for? Please reply to me!
@@TheFunnyDictator google it?
…thank you for sharing , that would have been such an exciting discovery,
…it is amazing how one is deeply moved , when we feel that connection with other living beings,
even if it’s billions of years old, or being approached by a wild animal seeking our help..
it really is a wonderful world..we are lucky..
I can't believe the time, care, and attention you've put into this! An absolutely incredible show of commitment and passion. I know this video is over a year old now, but still - congratulations! You did an amazing thing!
Ah thanks so much Jamie! That made my day 😀
It's beautiful! Looking at it you almost expect the crab to shake the rock off like it was simply rising from the sandy ocean floor. Impressive work.
It looks sooo alive! Even now when I look at it!
That’s fit for a museum. You did a very nice job.🐎🌻✌️
Thanks so much Murl!
Buenos dia me podes decir como se llaman las herramientas q usas principalmente el de manguerita azul muchas gracias te veo desde uruguay
I saw this on UNILAD. Wanted to give the original creator some watch time.
Thanks for that Connor!
Same. Still wondering how you knew though. I don't see the lumps?
Same! I've subbed now. This is bomb
@@googlereviewer1878 you would have to assume he knows what he is doing 😂
Same. It's disgusting that UNILAD has 20million views and couldn't even credit the guy
What an epic fossil prep! 208 hours, 1200GB of footage and 16kg of rock chipped away! Thanks for everyone's patience!
🦀🦀Update: This video explains how I knew the crab was in there: ruclips.net/video/KkJVZPxJRcc/видео.html 🦀🦀
Dear god what an undertaking! Cannot wait to see the result.
Hi mate finally you show us your awesome skills , yes I would like to get a copy of this crab, I have been trying to get a megladon tooth to you, it is about 75% there and is about three inches long or there about and part of one side is missing. If you want this I will send it airmail, just let me know. Keep producing these awesome preps, hhmmm now about that skull you have to do and been promising me, the large fish skull that is. Cheers mate.
So happy for you! What an epic find! Great job you did! It's a beauty!!! Kudos!!! ❤
That thing is unreal! So pretty with the color aswell! Is it a piece for personal/private display or will it go on show at a museum?
I’m so amazed!
WOAH! That is Beautiful! Awesome reward for all those hours of work. First Human to see it revealed Congrats!! Watching the vid I was thrilled to see the carapace revealed, then the right claw. Thinking oh yeah he really did fid an Epic 🦀! It is cool to Offer a replica, cast? Of this specimen.
How the heck do you know which rocks contains fossils? So cool these findings! 👍🏻
My undertstand is that he looks for clues. Things like exposed part of the fossil. I bet he fails many times and in the end is all about experience and train eye.
He plants it there for viseo
@@nephilimshammer9567 yeah right, first robs a palaeolithic museum right?
@@UltimateSeductionsome people can never just simply appreciate things on the internet :/
Michaelangelo once stated that the figures he sculpted were already in the marble,
all he did was to set them free. You, sir, are a true artist in the scientific world.
Ah thanks bro! Thats really kind of you! It was a bit of a challenge this time, that was a sticky crab!
Exactly, is this a real fossil or a well sculpted crab?
@@DarrenHughes-Hybridit's real fossil, watch the video
@@gracefully_livy I REwatched the video (all of it, this time) and this time I noticed something I hadn't noticed before, at 3:44 he chisels the rock to expose more of the claw, so he is not creating the fossils because the chisel exposed more of the claw. If it were fake, how would the rock know how and where to break?
This is just a fantastic time lapse video. The music is on point and the camera pan shots are FIRE. You have reason to be proud of the find, the prep, and of the video quality. Crushing it!
Thanks so much mate! That means so much to me 😀
That is UNBELIEVABLE! What nice work you've done, hunting down the past and bringing it back to life for all to see. Never stop doing this.
Thanks Joshua!
This is your opus. You've confirmed my earlier opinion: you _are_ the Bob Ross of fossil preppers! Thanks so much for sharing such an epic process.
Hahahaa thanks, I'll take the Bob Ross comparison!
@@MamlamboFossils Happy little trees, er...crabs.
@@MamlamboFossils your f@#king amazing how old would you say that is
@@dannywarren2332 its mid-Miocene so around 12-million-years-old
@@MamlamboFossils I think I'm gonna subscribe to you your worth it I'm just got to suss out how to do it because I'm a bit of a fossil myself with technology it's taken me 10 minutes to write this out aaaahhhaaa
The transformation from concretion to an ancient crab is so fascinating and enjoyable to watch. Like a “ treasure hunt “ everyday !! Simply beautiful. ☺️
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Impressive! Both the prep and the revealed creature. In northern Arizona where I live, an ancient ocean once existed. There are tons of marine fossils in the area. So cool to see others interested in and excited about these "rocks."
that crab has been inside that stone for millions of years and you have exposed it to the world for all to see,WELL DONE.
Thanks Colin!
😮 your patience for preservation is so beautiful - thank you for your hard work and for sharing wius, your fans.
My pleasure Dawn! I'm glad you enjoyed it!!
that deserves to be in a museum somewhere well done Mamlambo
Maybe one day I will get to open a museum!
@@MamlamboFossils All the crab you could want from different eras, some whale vertebrae, and (with luck) an intact penguin
Have this video playing over the display that would be cool
Most museums have so many items that they don’t even know what they have
I'm enjoying watching your videos just one question do you sell some of your work and finding?
You never cease to amaze me. That was a phenomenal job and crab. I love seeing the pores and colors on them. Amazing!
Thanks so much Ralph!!
Wow I am totally amazed by the beauty you are able to achieve through all time and labor you put in from finding to the final prepping of the fossil. Thank you so much for your videos.
Oh my word 😮 That is absolutely amazing. I am completely new to fossils and fossil hunting and am astounded at your skill both in finding and revealing what appears to be quite a complete specimen. I will never look at rocks the same!! Thank you so much ❤
OH MY GOD!!! This is absolutely incredible. This is my first time seeing something like this. How does they form like this? Nature is truly fascinating. And how do you even spot them among so many identical rocks? Your patience and skills are astounding. Absolutely loved this video. Thank you for making such content!
I can only imagine how patient you must be to prepare these crabs. The finished product looks great.
Thanks so much!
I'm so impressed with the amount of work that goes in to one of your projects, and you did a fantastic job! This huge crab was quite exciting to watch emerge, thank you for recording the process. :-)
My pleasure! It was quite a big project this time 😃
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Thank you for all those days of hard work. Magnificent prep!
You're welcome!
Every once in a while I come back to your channel to binge on your videos and it never disappoints! RUclips needs content like this to be trending in my eyes. So cool :)
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoy the videos!
Your channel is gonna blow up big soon man. Your hard work is going to pay off. Starting to see your videos on Reddit and Facebook and so on. Congratulations man you deserve it! So much time and effort put into your hobby
Man, I have been *waiting* for this one, and it did not disappoint at all! Fantastic prep work!
Awesome, thank you! I'm glad I got it done!!
Que cosa tan hermosa! El solo pensar que hace algunos miles o millones de años estuvo viviendo en nuestra hermosa tierra es indescriptible. Muchas gracias por desempeñar tu trabajo con tanto amor. Bendiciones desde México!
Thanks so much Juan! Yeah, I often wonder what the crab had seen in it's lifetime!
Surely the satisfaction of the completed project is unmatched with any thing I could write.
That being said.
My heartfelt congratulations on such a rare and inspiring find. The patience and perseverance to bring the specimen to daylight. The forethought to carefully film the process.
Priceless...absolutely priceless !!
Thanks for the awesome comment, it really made my day! Yeah, it was really satisfying seeing the crab emerge from the rock!
Wow! That giant crab is impressive. I don’t think I have ever seen one in real life, that big. Is that because it’s millions of years old and everything back then just seemed jumbo sized?? Beautiful job. That was incredibly satisfying!! Thank you so much for sharing the awesome things you do!!
Absolutely mind-blowing. You did an amazing job. Can’t even imagine the work it must’ve taken in real-time.
Thanks Anna!!
That one was epic! I cant believe how complete it was!! You are getting so good at prepping fossils!
Thanks! Yes, this one was very complete!
That is absolutely beautiful. Let’s see, 208 hours, plus labor to get it. That is one valuable crab. I would sure love to go out on an exploration with you.
They don't have much value other than the value, quite a bit of labour in there though!
@@MamlamboFossils I make jewelery and cut rocks. I understand how it is a labor of love.
That's just a beautiful fossil! Time consuming I'm sure but so definitely worth the effort! Thanks for your hard work!
Just the fact it is was a loving thing millions of years ago. And now has a sense of artistic display about it. I'm sure if it had a soul to think. It wouldn't mind being art
What a great smile, man. Very infectious. I know nothing about this hobby/craft but it’s super obvious what it means to you. Great work!
Thanks so much mate! I appreciate it 😀
I've never seen anything like this. It was incredible. I'm subbing.
Thanks Rhonda!
So much patience... incredible talent
As a geologist, this is quite the treat considering I don't get to go to the field much anymore. That is quite museum quality specimen. Do you know the formation age perhaps? Or the regional depositional source?
I just found Mamlambo. How are these fossils made? Was the stone originally lava?
@@x3r9g6 so generally fossils occur through permineralization which means the cavity space left behind by the creature when it dies in place gets covered by "mud" and gets replaced by whatever host minerals are there at the time of lithification (conversion into rock). Now in this case because a crab thas an exoskeleton that is chitinous and typically composed of biopolymer and basically calcium, it undergoes a process called replacement where the host structure is replaced by the rock around the animal. So the shell usually doesn't decay and basically turns into what ever rock is there. There are other forms of fossilization but in general, all things fossilized are usually covered by mud, volcanic ash, or sand. Lava usually destroys any trace of an animal trapped in it. Hope that helps.
How do you recognize that a rock is a fossil?
@@phantomkid8952 that is where the hard part is. Even seasoned geologists and paleontologists can sometimes mistake abiotic formations for biological. Most of the time it comes down to a structure difference or obvious patterns - i.e. knowing the host rock characteristics compared to anomalistic traits like for instance an ammonite has "suture" structures in its chambered shell that is easily recognized from the rock itself. But that's where in depth study comes in -manganese dendrites for instance can look like fossilized ferns but they are in fact manganese oxide crystals that can form in cracks or layers between rocks. The other way we recognize fossils is studying how the rock was formed, like limestone that forms in ancient shallow seas and knowing that finding unusual patterns in outcrops of that limestone can often times lead to fossil discoveries due to the fact that life is quite prevalent in those types of environments. Basically the biological clues of today can lead to discoveries of the past.
@@justalittleoff-grid1180 How many hours can it take to remove all Rock around a Specimen.
Wow!! I didn't realize all the hard work that goes in to making something like that, beautifully done!
What a superb specimen . Your work to reveal it was so exceptionally meticulously faultless . What a challenge .
Came here to leave a like to the guy who actually deserves the credit for the awesome work. Great stuff
what a fantastic specimen, gorgeous colors on those claws as well!
They are! Thanks so much!
held my breath when you took the big chisel to that right claw! I would call him Elvis, he's the King
I love that name! I was pretty worried as well when I used the chisel
you are a great guy ... i like to hear your voice and watch your videos
.. the feeling of holding something old in your hands really has to be something special
i wish you continued good finds and all the love for you and your family. .steffi from Germany
My mind is blown and I'm not even into fossils (sorry) but your talent just for spotting this is incredible...let alone the hours prepping it. Well done sir.
Thanks Richard!!
This channel is SO under appreciated. Your work is amazing, important too but...so amazing ❤ Much love from Texas
Thanks mate! Glad you are enjoying the content!
Very impressive ! It looks like it's gonna move any moment
Thanks Alexandre!
Well done sir. I’m not sure if your 220 hours is daunting or invigorating. (: What an amazing feat of dedication. Good on you sir, that is quite impressive. The last scene with you holding it up and glowing ear to ear with that proud smile is classic.
Thanks John! This one was quite a bit of time to get it done but I am happy with the end result :)
I saw this on another channel and was 100% shure it was a fake video. But i searched you own channel and got a much better display of it... along with your other latest uploads i´m blown away by the amount of time you are investing in these projects! Very special channel to be found. I´m glad i searched for it...
Thats awesome Peter! Thanks so much watching the videos. Quite a few people think the videos are fake, and it does look strange the first time you see it 😀
@@MamlamboFossils it's the structure of the type of rock that was misleading me. Living im Germany i have never seen a rock that has so few patterns of different material in it. None the less i'm fascinated by all the fossils you found so far. Best of luck for all the ones still waiting for you! And at least the 208 hours made you one more very happy subscriber! 😁
Well done and thank you. Your enthusiasm, knowledge and application to the whole process is infectious and so very watchable.
My wife and I are Blown Away by this prep!!!!! Outstanding!!!!!
What species and age is that? I've never seen anything like it. That large claw is Massive!!! Thank You Mamlambo!!!!!! We would love to get a replica/cast of that!!
Glad you enjoyed it! It is a massive claw! I'll see how the replica comes out and see how many people are interested in them.
Been wanting to fossil hunting in NZ but all my research made it seam NZ wasn’t good for it. Glad I found your channel.
So long as the fossils stay in NZ!
This was really amazing to watch! I wonder how you decide where to stop revealing the fossil? I think I would have to see how much of the crab I could reveal! This is really fascinating to watch and thanks for showing us!
Now I am a subscriber!!!
I noticed a crack forming at the back threatening to take away the entire back end, I think that is when he decides to stop.
This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen on RUclips! Thanks for sharing! 208 hours sounds like a lot but not for a masterpiece that will be displayed for hundreds of years and the video already has 600x the watch time as the labour. Kudos!
How you could tell the crab was there is incredible let alone bringing to life like you have.
Beautiful work!
Me too! It's an amazing job, but did he x-ray it to know? 🤔🤔
Came here from reddit. Thanks for sharing your hobby with us! :)
My pleasure! Thanks for checking it out
watched this from facebook, the video owner deserves the view and subscribe so I came here. 🙂
Thanks mate!!
WOW! I have a ton of questions, but first I must say I am really impressed with your skill and patience...wonderful job!
1. How did you know it was a crab fossil when you found it on the beach? Did you see a small amount poking through the rock?
2. How are you able to chip away the rock without damaging the fossil itself?
3. Would it be feasible to remove all of the rock so that you could study the features of the mouth and the like?
4. Do you sell these? Or are they for your personal collection?
Thank you so much for sharing this..fantastic video.
I have those same questions! I wish you would get some answers. Fascinating!! 🙂
@@wendyhoag9637 After watching his vids for a while now I have answers for most of them:
#1 A lot of times a tiny bit of claw or leg is poking out and he can identify them that way, but he also can tell by the shape of the concretion that it might have something inside.
#2 He uses a small tool and as the fossil is a bit harder than the material around it, he can go really slow and the surrounding material can be chipped away. Watch one of his prep videos, they are fascinating and looks to be very laborious...however, the results are absolutely amazing....Oh and he also uses acid on the rock as well to prep it.
#3 The more of the material you remove, the more fragile the actual fossil becomes and if you try and remove all of it, it runs the risk of breaking it.
Still don't know about #4.
If anyone in the comments would like to elucidate or correct me If I have something wrong, please let me know. :)
Amazing work mate. hard to believe that this creature is 12 million years old and its just sitting there like that. Well done.
Sir, Congratulations!!!! That prep was Awesome!!! Job well done!!!! Thank You!!
Thanks Susan!
I wonder what the odds were that out of all the crabs there’s been, that one would make it to that size, stay intact at death, some how end up at that beach, and be found and prepped. I don’t know if there’s enough 0’s for that statistical odd.
And now be all over Facebook and RUclips 😀
@@MamlamboFossils which you should be getting paid for or at least forcing them to acknowledge your RUclips! I came here to sub after seeing it on Facebook, after they conveniently removed any portion of the video that contained your RUclips name lol. Maybe you should start watermarking them.
Same odds that 200 million years from now somebody finds your comment on this video. ;)
@@JLawL Same
This is to cool. I’m from Reddit ! Never seen anything like this but this is reallly neat. Keep it up
Glad you liked it James!
Pedra feita de cimento kkkkk
Sorte que o RUclips não bloqueia esse tipo de vídeo enganoso .
How exactly do you know there's a fossil inside? Heavier or lighter than normal?
He could see the legs sticking out either side, they look like 3 circles.
Yeah right how did he know?
@@ri-elle7232 Thank you!
All rocks have crabs in them , I didn't believe it at first till I took a rock out of the flower bed and slowly started chipping and grinding with a dremel. Sure enough there was a crab in it , I took a rock from my neighbors flower bed and found one in it too. I am working on a giant 12 ton boulder right now I had shipped in from Scotland. I can't wait to see if it's one huge crab or 600 small ones.
I hope it's a giant one!!
@@governmeharderdaddy596 🤣🤣🤣
Your video skills are as good as your fossil skills; you make it look so easy! I enjoy every video. Cheers!🍻
When posting a short tonight, I did not think I’d end up watching rock crab videos - and be happy about it 😂
Hi, amazing find and amazing work! I was wondering, why you don't chip away the rest of the rock to reveal the entire crab from top to bottom?
Thanks
It's a sculpture.
@@shawnj3525 what???
@@shawnj3525 if ignorance is bliss you must lead a very peaceful life
@@KingUsyk
Ha, I've since learned about this type of fossil.
Funny thing is, my dad was an earth sciences teacher. My dad had plenty of fossil rocks from Ohio for us to chip away at. However, I wasn't aware of this kind of fossil.
This is amazing. What about that rock made you think there was a fossil inside? To think that crab scuttled around 12,000,000 years ago and is now sitting in your house. Fascinating man keep up the great work!
I could see the legs sticking out on either side of the rock :)
Could you imagine how delicious that giant claw would be!
Soooo good!
With the size of that crab, I'm not sure who would be eating who!
@@grahamsmith5780 LOL
Even being a geologist seeing/finding fossils, I'm in awe. Nice work.
I'm glad I found who produced the content to pay my respects, I saw the video elsewhere but without credits, thank you fate
This is a stunning crab and such a lucky find to have one so large and well preserved. Congratz Mamlambo! How often is it that the pattern remains on a crab?
I haven't seen such clear patterns before! Its been preserved really well!
The happiness in his eyes at the end. Priceless.
I was pretty happy!!
Ok, so all of the rocks around that one seemed very similar. Could they all be fossil crabs? And how do you know its possibly a fossil crab. What do you look for?
I looked closely for the legs sticking out of the rock, they won't all be crabs. Only one in a 100 is :)
Thanks! Excellent question.
Fantastic video. That's commitment. What kinds of other critters have you found. Thank you for sharing
@@sherylcrowe3255 at the end of this video he shows some of the other fossils!
Sir, Congratulations!!!! That prep was Awesome!!!!! Job well done!! Thank you!!!!!!!
Thanks!
I found it. Wow! What a beauty he is! Such amazing work you do. That's a lot of hours for sure, but like you said, we'll worth it. Thank you for sharing!✌🤠
That is a Monster, it's huge! That hit me in the feels. What a beautiful specimen and well worth the wait! When are they going to name a crab after you? So good to watch you prep, could watch it all day. Thank you for taking us along this incredible journey.
I'll have to find a new species first :) Glad you enjoyed the video - it's always fun seeing the little bits of progression all sped up like this :)
Hit you in the feels?.......lame
@@michaelmeacham1084 It's cool, feel or don't.
A question intrigues me: How to know exactly the excavation plan, since you cannot see the fossil before starting to work ?
How did he know there was a crab in that rock to start with
@@lordbelvoir2543 at the beginning you could see shell part visible outside of the rock. But it was too small to be noticed with the quick frame.
@@lordbelvoir2543 same goes to me..
you can see the rings of the legs from the oustide look at 00:18
From what the intro looks like. The ytuber was walking along beach and found huge rock. How would he know what's in it? Its almost like he got a huge crab and enclosed it himself with cement.
If you stop the video at :08 - :09 you can see 4 rough ovular white outlines. Those were the crabs legs at one point
This rock looks different than the others 🤔
They can tell by how they are shaped and sometimes the outlines on the rock that they are crabs. I have watched a few videos of people just flipping rocks until they find them.
Ultrasound maybe?
The description says he’s had this fossil for a while, the opening was probably just something he filmed with it for cinematic effect
I'm overwhelmed with your collection. Thank you for sharing.
Wow.
So amazing! A work of art! This would be coveted by any historical museum!
Appreciative & fascinated by your effort the outcome is so magical wow wow wow! You rock! (Pun intended 🦀)
Hahaha thanks so much 😀
How did you know there was a fossil crab in that rock? It looked like a any other rock!
You could see the cross-section of the crabs legs on the surface of the rock. Pause at the beginning of the 0:08 mark and notice the marks on the left side of the rock?
@@beardymcbeardface69no, was my first question, how you know where to look
@@ronaldovfx As Beardy said he saw the cross sections of the crab legs on the outside of the rock, that's how he knew there was a fossil crab in that rock. If you are asking how he knew where geographically or what kinds of rocks to look at, look up crab concretions.
@@beardymcbeardface69 damn. Who knows maybe we could've encountered fossils like this but our dumbass eye and brain failed to notice it 😭
@@beardymcbeardface69 so you could see it through the rock but its been protected from erosion for "12 millions years" lmfao logic
All of a sudden crab starts moving and says "thanks for removing the extremely compacted sand. Where's the water, by the way?"
😱😱😱
@@MamlamboFossils lol
This is one of the best things I’ve seen for a very long time. Well done!
I saw your video I hard to believe how you uncovered what’s inside this rock with out damaging the crab 🦀 super talent bro.
God bless
Saw this at Unilab!
How will you determine that a certain rock has something in it?
I was wondering the same!
I read that it is seen by legs sticking out a bit from the rock. You can see that the legs touch the surface so there is some discoloration.
How did you know THAT was the one? I’d be chiseling them all done trying to find something 😂
I know right!
How did he know upper body of crab in stone
What he does is get a fake fossil, or real in some cases, and purposely encases it in a concrete epoxy mix. He can then make a video of extracting it, like this. It’s not necessarily “real” or “fake”. Still really cool, but that’s how he can randomly pick it out on the beach.
You can see part of the legs sticking out of the rock. At 0:08 that little red part is the leg.
대단합니다 게화석을 많이 발굴하고 영상 올려주세요 ㅎㅎ
ruclips.net/video/3iN2AdI96YY/видео.html I remove more rock in that one
Seeing someone so happy about their hobby makes me also happy
Just magnificent. I'm glad you chose to wait, if only to be sure of yourself, because it was worth it. Cheers!
How did they know that the rock they picked out of all of them would have this awesome fossil in there?
i was thinkin xrays or something similar
How do you know the rock has a crab in it? Looked like a regular ass rock to me...
Yeah it's like hundreds of rocks there in he know exactly where that crab
1 the shape of the rock.
2 on the sides of the rock you can see a cross-section off some or all legs that have been ground away from time and other rocks
incredible !
one thing though : the music you used should be forbidden by law (especially when showing such wonder)
Thanks for the feedback, music is always a difficult thing to get right :)
Beautiful is not enough of a word for your crab. Be proud and happy, I certainly would be. Thanks for sharing 👍.
amazing work! and i've felt your happiness and all that giddiness through the screen ❤
thank you for the close-up shots too, those were very beautiful. i am very happy for you that you were finally able to prep it after two years. best of luck in all your future endeavors i hope you get to find more and cooler ones 💛💛
Thanks so much mimi!
You should make a bunch of alien creature fossils and leave them on some random trails and beaches for people to find. Scare the s*** out of some kids.
Beautiful job ! What a find and what a show piece. You should be very proud.
Wow! I'm a new subscriber and I'm well impressed, that was a superb specimen. I have never seen such brilliant fossils.
Thanks so much Kevin!
Bro that thing is massive. You did an impeccable job
Thanks so much!! It's a big one!!
208 hours....and worth everinute of it. Gorgeous.