‘Tales Teeth Tell’ next topic for Werner Wildlife Series

Rita Doublas, Tate Geological Museum exhibits designer, will give a presentation titled “Tales Teeth Tell” Tuesday, July 15, at 6 p.m.

“Georges Cuvier, the founding father of paleontology, once said, ‘Show me your teeth and I will tell you who you are’ and he couldn’t have been more right,” said Doublas. In her presentation, Doublas will start at the root and discuss what teeth really are and how different animal groups use them. “I will go over some of the strangest teeth in the animal kingdom and reveal how they can tell us about much more than just what we like to eat,” Doublas noted.

According to her biography, Doublas is originally from Weeping Water, Nebraska. She holds bachelor’s degrees in Russian and geology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, as well as a master’s degree in paleontology and global change from the University of Helsinki. Before joining the Tate and Werner Wildlife museums as the museum exhibits designer, Doublas worked with vertebrate paleontology and zoology collections in museums around the world. “My master’s thesis involved two years of nothing but teeth — 428 mammoth teeth to be exact,” Doublas said.

The presentation is free, family-friendly, and open to the public. It will take place in the museum’s Africa-Arctic Room. For more information, call 307-235-2108.

The Werner Wildlife Museum, located off the Casper College campus at 405 E. 15th Street, is free and open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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