<P> The park is known for producing myriad mammal fossils dating from the last glacial period . While mammal fossils generate significant interest, other fossils, including fossilized insects and plants, and even pollen grains, are also valued . These fossils help define a picture of what is thought to have been a cooler, moister climate in the Los Angeles basin during the glacial age . Among these fossils are microfossils, which are retrieved from a matrix of asphalt and sandy clay by washing with a solvent to remove the petroleum, then picking through the remains under a high - powered lens . </P> <P> Tar pits around the world are unusual in accumulating more predators than prey . The reason for this is unknown, but one theory is that a large prey animal would die or become stuck in a tar pit, attracting predators across long distances . This predator trap would catch predators along with their prey . Another theory is that dire wolves and their prey may have been trapped during a hunt . Since modern wolves hunt in packs, each prey animal could take several wolves with it . The same may also hold true of the saber - toothed cat (Smilodon fatalis) known from the area . </P> <P> Movies filmed at the La Brea Tar Pits include Volcano, My Girl 2, Miracle Mile, "The Last Action Hero", and Seven Psychopaths . </P> <P> The Stranglers track "Dead Loss Angeles" from the 1979 album The Raven sings of "the dredged up Mastadon, has got his glasses on ~ from the La Brea Pit". </P>

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