Wooly Mammoth
Wooly Mammoth Herd
Copyrighted © mammoth pictures courtesy of Pixel Shack Critters
HISTORY
- Mammoths started appearing 3 million years ago and died out about 10,000 years ago. They were about 9-1/2 feet tall at the shoulder and weighed about 3 tons.
- The mammoth went through three distinct stages in Europe.
- The first to appear is referred to as the ancestral mammoth, Mammuthus meridionalis, which roamed Europe during the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, about 2.6 million to 700,000 years ago.
- The steppe mammoth, M. trogontherii, lived about 700,000 to 500,000 years ago and was eventually succeeded by the woolly mammoth, M. primigenius, which lived from about 350,000 to 10,000 years ago, at which point most mammoths became extinct.
- Although subject to controversy, it is now generally agreed that mammoths died out from a combination of climate change, hunting pressure from humans, and probably disease.
OUR SPECIMENS
Bob Crowder
Wooly Mammoth Tusk
Our specimens come from a tusk purchased by our friend, a master knife maker here in Thompson Falls. Bob used the outer layer, a deep, blue color, for making handles for his beautiful, custom made-blades. He only uses the colored outer layer so he offered us some of the inner ivory for our customers.
Now you have an opportunity to hold your own piece of the tusk of a creature that went extinct 10,000 years ago. This is an opportunity to own an actual piece of the tusk Bob is shown holding in the photo above. The tusk was approximately 54 inches long and 6 inches in diameter. Our supply is limited so don't wait! Order one or more now. You may never have this opportunity again.
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