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Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Hairy (or perhaps Woolly)

 

I'm back with another entry for Jo from Let’s Art Journal.  Her theme at Art Journal Journey is Wonderfully Wild and she is our host this month.  

This is all about the extinct Hairy (also known as Woolly) Mammoth.  It lived here and in Russia as recently as 10,000 years ago.  It was a plant eater, like all mammoths.  The age of these animals can be determined from the rings in their tusks, the same as calculating the age of a tree from the rings in the trunk.
I have a few detail shots below.

It is believed that these creatures lived in family herds.  They would migrate between food sources throughout the year.  They used their trunk and tusks to forage, fight against enemies, or manipulate objects.  They were covered in a thick coat of brown hair to keep them warm on the frigid Arctic plains. They even had fur-lined ears.
 

Hairy Mammoths were herbivores and would primarily feed on grass and plants.  They used their tusks and trunks to forage for shrubs, grasses, roots and other small plants from under the snow.
 
According to Discovery Magazine:
When the tusk and the remains of two related juvenile mammoths were excavated in 2009, they appeared alongside evidence of campfires, the use of stone tools, and butchered remains of other game. The discovery of this evidence “indicates a pattern consistent with human hunting of mammoths,” noted archaeologist and UAF anthropology professor Ben Potter in a press release.

Again, according to Discovery Magazine: 
The exact time of woolly mammoths’ disappearance continues to be discussed. They were commonly thought to have faced extinction upwards of 10,000 years ago, but some of the last remaining populations survived well into the Holocene — the current geological epoch that spans the last 11,700 years. A changing environment forced the mammoths to move to isolated places like Wrangel Island in Siberia and St. Paul Island in Alaska.
Despite multiple attempts to resurrect woolly mammoths, the ancient animal species currently remains very much extinct. Their last known population, a group isolated by rising sea levels on Wrangel Island off the Siberian coast, managed to survive 6,000 years before finally disappearing roughly 10,000 years ago. But unlike the dinosaurs, what specifically caused the Wrangel mammoths to ultimately die out still remains a mystery.
 
I began by adhering a sheet of mottled brown scrapbook paper to a sheet of 8.5 X 11 in (21.59 X 27.94 cm) 110 lb cardstock.  I outlined each item using a gold leaf pen.  I found all the information above in a container on the Hairy Mammoth.  Although there was a great deal more information, including information on other extinct animals, I chose the Hairy Mammoth as my wonderfully wild choice for this entry.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Bleubeard and I are thankful for your visit.
 

14 comments:

  1. Fascinating. I bet they had BIG appetites too.

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  2. Reminds of the movies "Ice Age", which makes "him" kinda cute.
    Interesting facts. A friendly giant, the Mammoth? In the movies the tiger is, too.

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  3. ...was this on the Ark too?

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  4. There was a whole bunch of mammoths found in South Dakota at a construction site that is now a dig/museum that we visited a few years back. Along with mastodons, they did live in various places in North America, even as far south as New Mexico I believe. At one time the Arctic was actually warm and had palm trees, but that might have been dinosaur days which were not mammoth days. I'm not sure of my timing. But they did live in the Arctic, and they had to eat a lot of plants, so how did they survive if the Arctic was really cold? OK, you've got me started on a favorite subject of mine, early mammals, and I better say I like your page before I write paragraphs. Have a super Wednesday. hugs-Erika

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  5. A woolly mammoth was discovered in a farmer’s field a few miles from Ann Arbor (near a town called Chelsea) in 2015. It was well preserved because it had been put there by humans between 11,700 and 15,000 years ago. They had eaten some of it and put the rest in a swamp to preserve the meat — obviously it’s unknown why they never came back for the rest of it. It’s in the museum on the University of Michigan campus now (around a mile from my house).

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  6. Interesting. Hairy Mammoth. I wonder if there was a Bald Mammoth? 🤣Enjoy your day

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  7. What a fabulous page for this month's challenge! I love the wooly mammoth images and the information text that you included 😊. Thanks so much for the inspiration over at Art Journal Journey! Hugs, Jo x

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  8. I never heard the term "hairy" mammoth, only wooly mammoth. Strange I've never heard that name, too.

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  9. eye wood like ta seez a saber tooth tiger…just sayin…wavez two ewe bleu N squiggles if ya can…see thiz commint 😺💙‼️🐟

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  10. A wonderful page Elizabeth! Interesting facts too about this wonderful creature.

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  11. I hear they may be able to bring back the wooly mammoth.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revival_of_the_woolly_mammoth

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  12. The Hairy Mammoth, or Woolly Mammoth, is a fascinating subject! It’s amazing how their tusks, much like tree rings, can reveal their age and life history. The discovery of their remains alongside evidence of human activity suggests an intriguing interplay between humans and these majestic creatures. Thanks for sharing these details and insights!

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