Show skeletons of animals found in ice age trap washington american history has been carried back a million or more years by bones found in a western maryland cave according to dr C lewis gazin of the smithsonian institution the bones of 47 different kinds of animals were gathered from a limestone cavern opened when a railroad cut was made they represent a strange assortment sort ment of creatures ranging from mastodon to crocodile d the presumption doctor gazin s said aid is that in the ice age the cavern was a natural trap with an opening directly on top through which the animals fell once inside there was no way to get out the skeleton zoo is from a period probably far antedating man in this part of north america it includes near relatives of most of the animals now found in the appalachian region and several which have long been extinct the cave revealed doctor gazin said that monster cats as big as lions or tigers and probably just as fierce were the terrors of the appalachians hians a million years ago it contained a curious assemblage of northern and southern animals bones of wolverine arid and marten types now found only in the northern woods were mingled with those of tapirs which now range no farther north than central america bones of mink beaver and otter creatures of wooded streams were mingled with those of ancient horses and coyotes whose relatives today range over dry plains |