[MineralMan]

Just looking up predators on mammoths on Google, I found an interesting thing. Apparently, there was a report in Siberia in 1918 of a hunter seeing a wooly mammoth. Sounds far-fetched, but Siberia's very large, and was very sparsely populated in 1918. I suppose it could have happened.

These days, it's unlikely that any such isolated mammoth could still survive, given our satellite mapping. But...you just never know. They've only been extinct, supposedly, for a few thousand years now.

Wouldn't that be a treat?

[mallardx]

That would be the most amazing biological find of the century. That, or sasquatch/yeti.

[DavemeisterP]

There is another instance of a mammoth being reported. In the 1800's a sketch artist/painter was traveling through the Rocky Mountains, saw and drew an elephant with long hair. He supposedly had never been to a carnival, or seen an elephant, and was considered an extremely reliable and believable person. I found a reference to this in a subsection of a Louis La'More (spelling?lol) book, researched it and found it to be a valid story. I would be very interested if anyone out there finds out anything more on this.

Wouldn't it be cool to be the archaeologist digging on a Native American campground and discover an ivory tusk in perfect condition? On that note, I have a friend that has a site on his property in Central Texas that has found ivory utensils, and they are barely calcified. He's also found parts of Spanish armor, and other oddities that don't belong anywhere around there.

[PoorMuttly]

"Wouldn't that be a treat?

It would be wonderful...which is why I only walk Fluffy at night.