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MickeyRayRex — Last Breath
Published: 2014-01-28 03:05:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 955; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 0
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Mired in a pit of tar sand, a Columbian mammoth bull, exhausted from the heat and struggle to free himself, takes one last breath before his trunk finally collapses into the tar, where his body will remain for thousands of years, alongside the blackened bones of countless other naive beasts. Atop the hill a pair of wolves are intrigued by the sight of a free meal, and they too will likely fall victim to the tar. The incoming flock of teratorns, among other birds, are the only creatures that can feast off the dead in safety.Setting: 20,000 B.C. California
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Not as often as the mammals
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True, since most landed on the carcass, not the tar.
I wonder how many animals escaped. For social species aid from the rest of the group may have been an option.
There's the idea that the reason we only find male mammoths in tar is because the females are in herds and will pull a member of the herd out of the tar.
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Same here man! Go Team Colombian!
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Awesome! It's been a while since I've seen tar-pit art. I thought Columbian Mammoths were hairless.
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then again, is there anyway to tell?
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you could probably figure cause of the warmer climate they lived in
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im sure they had some hair on the head, ears and trunk at least. i just can't draw a totally naked mammoth its just not possible!
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I didn't mean completely naked, I meant relatively hairless, like an elephant.
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