When the Noahic flood occurred, the "waters above the earth collapsed", resulting in the elimination of a water vapor barrier that kept the climate uniform all over the globe.
This could explain the quick freeze effect that left many large animals, including herbivores like the hairy mastodon, quick frozen with live plant material still in their mouths (the hair by the way was not to protect them from the cold. The hairs were hollow and acted to take heat away from the animal and keep them cool).
The waters below the earth that burst forth, covering the tallest mountain peaks by some 21 feet, all subject to the mixing bowl effect of currents, the effect of the moon, all worked together to form the unusual fossil record we have today.
The fossil record has never been satisfactorily explained by the theory of evolution, which is nothing more than a lie to refute the fact that there is a God, and He was not happy with the wickedness of the human race.
Hollow hair is a dead air-space insulator. Elephants keep cool by being relatively hairless.
Sorry jim bug, humbug.