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01-04-2008, 09:16 AM
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CUSHING, Maine— A fisherman pulled up what may be the tusk of a wooly mammoth from Georges Bank off the Maine coast. The Maine State Museum is examining the dark, curved and pointed specimen, which was dredged up in a load of shells by the New Bedford, Mass.-based scallop dragger Celtic. Fisherman Tim Winchenbach of Cushing brought the piece home to his wife, Michelle, who began researching to see if it could be from a wooly mammoth. ffice  ffice" />was looking for some different pictures to compare it to, and there’s been a couple it looks very similar to,” she told WCSH-TV in Portland. “So it kind of reinforced our thoughts it could be (a mammoth).” Remains of the extinct breed of elephant, which had a covering of long hair, have been found in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. They lived from 1.6 million years ago to around 10,000 years ago. The tusk of an elephant unearthed in 1959 by a man digging in a pit in Scarborough, Maine, was first believed to be that of a circus elephant that was destroyed in 1816. However, after the tusk was acquired by the Maine State Museum, carbon dating indicated that it was a mammoth’s. | ||
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01-04-2008, 10:03 AM
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| That is the find of the season. Wonder if any pictures available. Found a link with a couple pictures.... Cryptomundo.com Mystery Tusk: Not A Circus Elephant
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01-04-2008, 05:59 PM
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| I WONDER WHAT IT WOULD BE WORTH???? CAN YOU IMAGINE GOING SCALLOP FISHING AND PICK UP THAT THING!!! LMFAO   | ||
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01-04-2008, 06:05 PM
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| Nice catch. | ||
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01-04-2008, 09:04 PM
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| I've heard of catching "cows" but not a "mamouth" LOL.
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01-04-2008, 11:00 PM
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I was watching something on Discovery or a related channel and the show was on the last ice age. Huge herds of Mammoths off Europe - the local commercial fleet turned up many bones. I think I saw a mussel boat that brought up "giant molars" on most trips. Really unique. Jack | ||
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01-05-2008, 10:29 AM
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| Jack, That is amazing. Thinking about it, there must have been ice thick enough to walk on miles out to sea. Imagine scuba diving and running into a herd of bones/tusks/teeth.
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01-05-2008, 10:40 AM
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Fast response - the land that the herds grazed on is now under water. When the ice age was upon us the water level was much lower. Long Island Sound used to be a lake before the sea level rose and the the "dam" that contained the lake broke. (It would be wild to be able to see it.) Jack | ||
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01-05-2008, 10:45 AM
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