[SunkenCiv]

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Mastodon's [sic] faught [sic] hormonally charged battles at certain times of the year (Image: USGS)

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[SunkenCiv]

What killed the mammoths and other behemoths?
FR Post 6-6-2 | Interview with Ross MacPhee
Posted on 06/05/2002 6:34:28 PM EDT by vannrox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/695260/posts

The Pleistocene Extinction
atlantisquest
Posted on 07/25/2003 10:32:42 PM EDT by ckilmer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/952838/posts

Supernova Storm Wiped Out Mammoths?
Discovery News | Sept. 28, 2005 | Jennifer Viegas
Posted on 10/17/2005 11:57:32 AM EDT by Fzob
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1503957/posts

Mastodons Driven To Extinction By Tuberculosis, Fossils Suggest
National Geographic | 10-3-2006 | Kimberly Johnson
Posted on 10/03/2006 6:01:37 PM EDT by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713072/posts

Fossil is missing link in elephant lineage
U of Michigan | Oct. 31, 2006 | Anon
Posted on 11/02/2006 6:42:59 AM EST by Pharmboy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730588/posts

[LongElegantLegs]

...the view that now-extinct mastodons were peaceful, passive creatures that rarely engaged in battles.

Um...ARE there any "peaceful, passive creatures" found in nature?

[SunkenCiv]

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[theFIRMbss]

>The scars reveal they fought in brutal combat each year during seasonal phases of heightened sexual activity and aggression...

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Why don't you ask him
If he's going to stay?

Why don't you ask him
If he's going away?

Why don't you tell me
What's going on?

Why don't you tell me
Who's on the phone?

Why don't you ask him
What's going on?

Why don't you ask him
Who's the latest on his throne?

Don't say that you love me!
Just tell me that you want me!

Tusk! tusk! tusk! tusk!
Tusk! tusk! tusk! tusk!
Tusk! tusk! tusk! tusk!
Tusk! tusk! tusk! tusk!

[battlegearboat]

I bet a mouse had something to do with it as well. We must remember that peanuts were rare back then as well.

The Mastodon's epitaph: "NEVER FORGET!"