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Mammoth 'could be reborn in four years'
Telegraph [UK] ^ | 1/13/11 | Julian Ryall

Posted on 01/13/2011 7:32:15 PM PST by Nachum

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To: Nachum

Gardner on the Mammoth

” The Yakuts of the neighborhood had cut off the flesh, with which they had fed their dogs; wild beasts, such as white bears, wolves, wolverines, and foxes had also fed upon it, and traces of their footsteps were seen around. The skeleton almost cleared of flesh, remained whole, with the exception of one foreleg. The spine of the back, one scapula, the pelvis, and other three limbs were still held together by the ligaments and by parts of the skin; the other scapula was found not far off. The head was covered with a dry skin; one of the ears was furnished with a tuft of hairs; the balls of the eyes were still distinguishable; the brain still occupied the cranium but seemed dried up; the point of the lower lip had been gnawed and the upper lip had been distroyed so as to expose the teeth; the neck was furnished with a long flowing mane; the skin, of a dark-grey color, covered with black hairs and a reddish wool, was so heavy that ten persons found great difficulty in transporting it to shore.

http://www.holloworbs.com/gardner_on_the_mammoth.htm


41 posted on 01/13/2011 11:31:54 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: tet68

“We should make the Mammoth the mascot of the Tea party.
Hell of a lot more intimidating than an ole elephant.”

I’m old enough to remember the Barry Goldwater campaign of 1964. Some editorial cartoonists at the time did use mammoths as the symbol of Goldwater Republicans, a sort of sneer at them for being supposedly “old-fashioned.”


42 posted on 01/14/2011 12:41:27 AM PST by Deklane
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To: madamemayhem

I think that they were Mastodon ribs, but don’t quote me.


43 posted on 01/14/2011 2:02:21 AM PST by BobL
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To: Nachum

If successful, can we do away with the Endangered Species Act?


44 posted on 01/14/2011 2:14:37 AM PST by calcowgirl ("Controlling carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. If you control carbon, you control life" --Lindzen)
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To: going hot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E35OMfL4A4&feature=related


45 posted on 01/14/2011 3:41:27 AM PST by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: Grizzled Bear; Nachum; humblegunner; Allegra; Darksheare; TheMom
Fire up the grill!

Rodeo!

I wanna ride that sucker first!

46 posted on 01/14/2011 4:59:26 AM PST by Eaker (In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein)
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To: Nachum

Why do we need a wooly mammoth? Is Roseanne Barr looking for a new mate?


47 posted on 01/14/2011 5:01:19 AM PST by dforest
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To: Eaker; Grizzled Bear; Nachum; humblegunner; Allegra; TheMom

Give it The Coffee and hold pit matches with them!


48 posted on 01/14/2011 11:11:27 AM PST by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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To: Liberty Valance
You're hanging out with us now, pal. Dignity has nothing to do with it.

Sid

49 posted on 01/14/2011 11:13:14 AM PST by mewzilla (Hey, Schumer, your Lockerbie report left quite a bit out.)
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To: Eaker
I wanna ride that sucker first!

Can you imagine the size of the spurs you'd need?

50 posted on 01/14/2011 11:15:57 AM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Darksheare; Eaker

Mammoth? Maybe.

I had a dream where an Allosaur was running at me.
Emptied the magazine at it and it expired only a few feet away.

My bud asked me how I knew that I could take it down.
I answered that I didn’t.


51 posted on 01/14/2011 11:16:39 AM PST by humblegunner (Blogger Overlord)
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To: humblegunner; Eaker

My sister and I used to hold bug penny bouts.
We had a pet funnel web spider that we’d pit against pillbugs, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and other spider comestables.
I’m thinking we could pit mammoth against mammoth, something like “Ultimate Fighter” with the beasties.
Only we coffee up one of them.


52 posted on 01/14/2011 11:23:30 AM PST by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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To: Grizzled Bear; Darksheare; Nachum; Eaker; humblegunner
Fire up the grill! We’re gonna have the mother of all barbeques!

And I want a wool cardigan.

It's the wooly ones who are coming back, right?

53 posted on 01/14/2011 1:02:58 PM PST by Allegra (You're a towel.)
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To: Lurker
Can you imagine the size of the spurs you'd need?

I don't know. I imagine the whole ridin' him thing would have him pretty pissed off by itself!

54 posted on 01/14/2011 1:17:17 PM PST by Eaker (In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein)
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To: Allegra; Grizzled Bear; Darksheare; Nachum; humblegunner
And I want a wool cardigan.

It's the wooly ones who are coming back, right?

I'll ride the sumbitch and I'll even barbecue it, but I draw the line at shavin' it!

55 posted on 01/14/2011 1:20:51 PM PST by Eaker (In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein)
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To: Allegra
And I want a wool cardigan.

I'll bet you might be able to squeeze a couple pair of socks out of one of them critters, too.

56 posted on 01/14/2011 1:22:25 PM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Eaker
I'll ride the sumbitch and I'll even barbecue it, but I draw the line at shavin' it!

Just gimme the pelt. I can carpet half of the Westchase area with it.

57 posted on 01/14/2011 1:39:24 PM PST by Allegra (You're a towel.)
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To: Lurker; Eaker
I'll bet you might be able to squeeze a couple pair of socks out of one of them critters, too.

Aw, heck, I can get a whole bureau full of sock drawers out of that.

But Eaker won't shave it.

Dang it.

58 posted on 01/14/2011 1:42:34 PM PST by Allegra (You're a towel.)
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To: madamemayhem

I have the idea that brontosaurus ribs were responsible for tipping over the Flintstones’ car every week.


59 posted on 01/14/2011 1:46:59 PM PST by irishjuggler
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To: Nachum; Brilliant
Might be good eating.

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They might say the same of us :)


60 posted on 01/14/2011 2:20:46 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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