Remains of 60th mammoth found in Hot Springs; Mammoth Site could hold as many as 100

Daily Journal ^ | July 10, 2011 | none listed

[ApplegateRanch]

The Mammoth Site in Hot Springs recently yielded the remains of a 60th mammoth, the giant, extinct creatures that once roamed the continent.

[just a teaser--AP story]

[ApplegateRanch]

Slightly misleading, as the count is based on tusks, so it could actually bwe more than 60. What was actually discovered this week was tusk #119, meaning that remains of at least 60 mammoths have been found in the former sink hole.

Mammoth Site's website.

[ApplegateRanch]

Home town story ping.

[Cheetahcat]

Wow ,extinct because they thought like democrats do,all walking into the same pit!

[higgmeister]

When are they going to clone the darn things then!

[umgud]

Sounds lik a mammoth undertaking.

[max americana]

Helen Thomas used to ride them.

[ApplegateRanch]

Not until they have the slaughterhouses & marketing in place.

Mammoth Burger franchises, anyone?

[piasa]

Wonder if the RINOS led them into it?

[saltus]

A very unfriendly place for families. The kids really wanted to see. And we did, last April. Called them as to their hours-—10 AM to 6 PM. Arrived 4:25 PM—CLOSED!

Called again and left a message: Could we come at 10 AM next morning? Sent an email. NO reply. Arrived 10 AM next day. CLOSED!

The walkway signs/exhibits suggest they have an evolutionist perspective, but are trying to tread carefully.

Can’t imagine why they are trying to make a profit and so obnoxious to travelers.

[tdscpa]

Does nobody realize they can identify the location (state) the report is about by typing in two additional letters, and maybe a comma?

Who cares. Send every reader off to search and see how many “Hot Springs” locations there are that google knows about.

What happened to journalism? It used to be a profession.

[ApplegateRanch]

I'm so sorry to hear that! Even though you were told the somewhat wrong hours, they should have still been open. We've been several times, and we always take first time visiting family or friends there, with never such a problem.

May 15 - August 15 ~~ 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., with last tour at 7:00 p.m.
August 16 - August 31 ~~ 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., with last tour at 5:00 p.m.
September 1 - October 31 ~~ 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., with last tour at 4:00 p.m.
November 1- February 28 ~~ (Monday-Sat.) 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., with last tour at 2:30 p.m.
(Sunday) 11:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m., with last tour at 2:30 p.m.
March 1- May 14 ~~ 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., with last tour at 4:00 p.m.

Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Easter Sunday

[Uncle Miltie]

My daughter worked there last summer in the bone pit, the lab and the gift shop.

This summer she dug 1,200 year old human remains a 12,000 feet in Peru.

Who knows what bones she’ll be digging next year!

[ApplegateRanch]

That's why whenever I post a story, no matter whether the abbreviation is in the dateline or not, I always post the state in the key words.

To your larger question, professional journalism has been replaced with “folksy journalism”, and has had added the twin banes of Advocacy Journalism and “citizen journalism”.

All three are more interested in conveying viewpoint and ‘narrative’, rather than clearly, concisely and coherently transmitting information.

[Lazlo in PA]

All these Mammoths ending up dead in the same place? I guess back in the caveman days they used "Mammoths heading over the Cliff" instead of Lemmings. The cavemen may still use the phrase.

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[Condor51]

BUMP! (re: STOO-PID^™ journalists)

I thought: Hot Springs, Arkansas.

[Venturer]

They cannot clone them because it is now illegal to make a poor animal stay in a cage at a zoo.

[ml/nj]

I guess there's only one Hot Springs in the minds of some.

ML/NJ

[To Hell With Poverty]

Oh how cool! When I was a little girl, if people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I’d say “paleoanthropologist!” Graphic design didn’t turn out to be nearly as interesting.

[Cheetahcat]

“Wonder if the RINOS led them into it?”

LOL, I am sure digging around you will find something Like McCain (in better shape though)and Bush.