Mammoth Tusks

[boxtops]

Some mammoth tusks have been found at low tide on the beach at Herne Bay - how amazing!

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-21535616

[tiggerblue10]

Brilliant. They look very well preserved.

[jno]

and dinosaurs have been found roaming in AB; I'm sure I saw some in News th other day.

[emmie]

elephant tusks surely?

[boxtops]

depends how old they turn out to me, em - mammoths preceded ellies, I believe.

[Mamyalynne]

If my link is correct it has not been established yet that they are mammoth.

[emmie]

indeed, but these don't look big enough, admittedly it's a little difficult to say, but when you look at mock ups of Woolly Mammoths they are considerably bigger than todays elephants, and their tusks seem to be slightly different. These ones also look quite new?

[emmie]

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://science.psu.edu/alert/images/Schuster7Lrg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://science.psu.edu/news-and-events/2009-news/Schuster6-2009.htm&h=203&w=248&;sz=1&tbnid=3ri_5DsCHApHVM:&;tbnh=163&tbnw=200&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dmammoth%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&;q=mammoth&;usg=__7dUTzF-U8rxKE1ydMS0VNdoKS4I=&docid=WpcZNNcJalP_-M&itg=1&sa=X&ei=kNMnUYyJN-qq0AWT6ICwBw&ved=0CI4BEPwdMA0

[boxtops]

perhaps it's a baby one...

[emmie]

the drawing link looks terrifying...

[Mosaic]

I love mammoths and I want one.

[boxtops]

They'd moult more than the cat, mosaic

[Mosaic]

But much better for the garden. My roses would be gigantic.

[emmie]

your house wouldn't survive it,

[Maydup]

They will be the most exiting thing that has ever happened in Herne Bay, and I can say that as I have lived there!

We have an 85% complete mammoth skeleton in Norfolk whihc was dcovered on the beach and exposed by the cliffs in 1990. So there is every chance that these Hernia Bay ones are genuine.

http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Research/Collections/Geology_Collections/West_Runton_Elephant/NCC083738

[VHG]

>>>how amazing!

Not really.

At one time the channel between what is now England and France was not covered with water and was dry. It would have been possible to walk from Herne Bay to Calais.

So humans almost certainly lived on the land under the channel, and animals would have roamed on that land as well.

So it is no surprise that animal bones have been found.

In fact fisherman who fish out at sea often get animal bones in their nets from earlier in history (lions, elephants etc)

[emmie]

i still say they don't look like the Mammoth type tusks, let's hope they prove me wrong....

[ludwig]

// I love mammoths and I want one. //

You say that, but they're only cute when they're little. Full sized ones cost a fortune to feed and leaves hairs all around the house.

[spudqueen]

Sounds just like my teenage son ludwig! lol

[joko]

it sounds like this bloke has got all excited and decided they are mammoth tusks and decided to announce it to the world before they have even been examined.
i dont blame him being excited of course