Milwaukee museum unveils woolly mammoth skeleton

[slowhand]

MILWAUKEE - A 14,500-year-old woolly mammoth skeleton dug up in 1994 has been unveiled at the Milwaukee Public Museum, giving locals a glimpse of perhaps the most intact specimen discovered in North America.


Few paleontological specimens are as complete as the Hebior mammoth. The skeleton lacks a rib as well as a few bones in the tail and feet, but is otherwise nearly whole.

Standing more than twice the height of a person, the woolly mammoth is among three with scientific significance for southern Wisconsin.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080709/ap_en_ot/museum_mammoth

 

[Becks...poamr]

That's it. When Senob and I are driving through Milwaukee I'm going to have him drop me off at the museum. I can get a ride afterwards.

 

[senob44]

Cool! Milwaukee is not always known for being a city with a lot of culture, but things like this should help.

 

[gunslingingbird]

Didn't they also find a petrified woolly mammoth, complete with skin, in the area somewhat recently? When's that gonna be on display?

 

[Becks...poamr]

Cool! Milwaukee is not always known for being a city with a lot of culture, but things like this should help.

East Coast snob.

Milwaukee's been getting culture for years.

We're going to be having a discussion about this later.

 

[D-rock]

They should perform a bit of taxidermy to give it back it’s woolliness. :1orglaugh

 

[Torre82]

This is awesome! I wanna see it! Yay! On my next tour, it will be on my Milwaukee to do list! Yay! It'll be freezing, like, January or something, but I don't think the woolly mammoth will mind!

::rimshot:: Good call.

Btw I dunno if I ever mentioned it but I did like most of the 80s lighter-rock stuff I've heard from yer band. Not bad.

 

[gunslingingbird]

Cool! Milwaukee is not always known for being a city with a lot of culture, but things like this should help.

We're going to be having a discussion about this later.

Ouch! Bad senob! Bad senob! :crash:

 

[maildude]

Great! Now we can clone it and pretty soon there'll be woolly mammoth stampedes like in 10,000 B.C.! :eek: