Up Close With A Mammoth Tooth
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Mammoth Tooth
Among the many ancient artifacts of the Ripley’s collection are a number of very large teeth. These teeth once belonged to wooly mammoths. Wooly mammoths roamed the earth for about 5 million years, during the Pliocene and Holocene Epochs. They could stand up to 13 feet high and weigh over 26,000 pounds. They had an articulating snout, much like an elephant’s, but were covered in a thick layer of wooly hair to protect themselves from chilling conditions.