Wooly Mammoth excavation

[justgreen]

I just heard on our 10Pm local news....A gas drilling rig has unearthed (in the long tedious process) a Giant Colombian Wooly Mammoth , 40 miles north of Casper, Wyoming.:lafhard:

He's reported to be huge, the biggest one yet. They are estimating his shoulders were 14 feet across and his weight would have been about 18,000 pounds!

That's all I heard, but I saw Casper College out there helping with the dig and it is awesome!

I know dinosaurs have been unearthed in Wyoming, down near Medicine Bow. There is a little house (http://www.medicinebow.org/fossilcabin.htm)there made ENTIRELY of excavated dinosaur bones. Here's another link (http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/bonewars2.html)if you are interested in dinosaurs.

[Koala Kim]

Wow! Justy- have you ever been to Fred's...er...the dinosaur bone house? :nosey:

[moonchiald]

Are you going to go see him? That would be the coolest thing, EVER!

[justgreen]

Wow! Justy- have you ever been to Fred's...er...the dinosaur bone house? :nosey:

Yup, twice. The Virginian Hotel (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.medicinebow.org/virginian/images/hotel1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.medicinebow.org/virginian/gallery1.htm&h=188&w=298&sz=19&hl=en&sig2=K6y9F5XXojn2wKMNsaApjw&start=15&tbnid=8IMUdew5krCZfM:&tbnh=70&tbnw=111&ei=LeiQRK-VIcSCiAG894n5Bg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmedicine%2Bbow%2Bhotel%26svnum%3D10%2 6hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN)in Medicine Bow was used in the television western show 'The Virginian', starring James Drury and Doug McClure. The dinosaur house is about 6 miles from there.

[justgreen]

Are you going to go see him? That would be the coolest thing, EVER!

I'm sure they won't let us on the site, but after they get him out and taken to the college, he'll probably be on display. We have a great dinosaur museum at the college.:lafhard:

[enitsirk]

I'm sure they won't let us on the site, but after they get him out and taken to the college, he'll probably be on display. We have a great dinosaur museum at the college.:lafhard:

*reminds self to go visit justy in wyoming to see hair and the museum*

I love museums..

and my god an animal with shoulders FOURTEEN feet across :afraid: That's insane.

Bet he would have fit right in at LHC though, right?? Could have told him how to style all that 'wool' :calm:

[Koala Kim]

Yup, twice. The Virginian Hotel (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.medicinebow.org/virginian/images/hotel1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.medicinebow.org/virginian/gallery1.htm&h=188&w=298&sz=19&hl=en&sig2=K6y9F5XXojn2wKMNsaApjw&start=15&tbnid=8IMUdew5krCZfM:&tbnh=70&tbnw=111&ei=LeiQRK-VIcSCiAG894n5Bg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmedicine%2Bbow%2Bhotel%26svnum%3D10%2 6hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN)in Medicine Bow was used in the television western show 'The Virginian', starring James Drury and Doug McClure. The dinosaur house is about 6 miles from there.
Oh! 'The Virginian'! They don't make shows like that anymore...

When you go see Mr. Dino- you *must* post pictures!

[snowbear]

Wow, that is awesome!
BB/LHC field trip!

[justgreen]

Oh! 'The Virginian'! They don't make shows like that anymore...

When you go see Mr. Dino- you *must* post pictures!

But of course, Kimmy!

enitsirk, I love museums too!
snowbear , a field trip would be awesome!

[blondiesturn]

My bad....
All I can think of when I hear "Wooly Mammoth" is:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y271/Blondiesturn/MammothIvory_4_1.jpg

and....

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y271/Blondiesturn/mammoth_4_1.jpg
I love creating toys with that material. Hopefully my supplier will send me some more pieces to work with soon. :)

[Calista]

I went to the a mammoth exhibition in Braunschweig, Germany a couple of months ago. The "star" exhibit was a tiny little baby mammoth called Dima. He had injured his leg and couldnīt walk very fast, so he and his mommy stayed behind the rest of the herd. As the herd crossed a river little Dima fell into a mudpool and couldnīt free himself because of his injured leg. His mommy couldnīt free him, either, and so she sat beside him and watched him die two endless days and nights. He sank deeper and deeper into the mud, until all that still showed was the tip of his tiny little trunk. Then he sank even deeper, and that was the end of him. The mud preserved him until he was excavated some years ago.

I have no idea how the scientists can possibly know all that, but it was so sad just to think of it. You had to pick up a kind of telephone receiver to hear the story, and you heard a baby mammoth call in the background... I nearly cried.

You can see Dima here (http://www.klimaundmensch.de/htcms/de/ausstellung-1/exponate.html). Heīs the third from the left in the top row.

[kittcatt]

Oh I like that blue fork! Gorgeous.

How cool is that! I love that kind of stuff. I've been to that house. It's very interesting to say the least.

BTW, if anyone makes it out there, the Medicine Bow area is one of the most beautiful place in the US.