[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1689″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1516213497291{margin-top: -30px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Range Map of Woolly Mammoths” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Chelsea%20Market%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1516245972658{background-color: #333333 !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”1694″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Quick Facts” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Chelsea%20Market%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1516221874477{background-color: #333333 !important;}”][vc_column_text]Type: Mammal
Diet: Herbivore
Average lifespan: 60 – 80 years
Size: 13 feet tall
Weight: Average, 6 tons[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Woolly Mammoth Jokes” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Chelsea%20Market%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1516246183479{background-color: #333333 !important;}”][vc_column_text]Q. Why did the Great Woolly Mammoth cross the road?
A: Because they didn’t have chickens in the Ice Age.
Q. What time is it when a Great Woolly Mammoth sits on your igloo?
A: Time to build another igloo.
Q. What is huge, shaggy, has 16 feet and sounds terrible.
A: A Mammoth barbershop quartet.
Q. What’s huge and shaggy with tusks and horns?
A: The Woolly Mammoth Marching Band!
Q. What would you give to a Mammoth that is having an anxiety attack?
A: Trunkquilizers!
Q. What is shaggy, has a wand, huge wings, flies at night, and gives money to Woolly Mammoths?
A: The tusk fairy!
Q. What weighs 4 tons and has 16 wheels?
A: A Mammoth on roller skates!
Q. Why do Woolly Mammoths have trunks?
A: Because they’d look pretty silly with glove compartments.
Q. What’s another reason Mammoths have trunks?
A: Because they’d also look silly carrying suitcases!
Q. How do you know when a Mammoth is under your bed?
A: Your nose gets cold because it’s squished against the top of your igloo.
Q. How do you run over a Mammoth?
A: Climb up its tail, run to its head, and slide down its trunk.
Q. What do you get if you cross a Woolly Mammoth and a kangaroo?
A: Big holes all over the ice![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_single_image image=”1696″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1516246389075{margin-top: -30px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”1703″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Woolly Mammoth Types” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Chelsea%20Market%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1516246763791{background-color: #333333 !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”1695″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Woolly Mammoth Anatomy” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Chelsea%20Market%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1516246492772{background-color: #333333 !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”1693″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Woolly Mammoths” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Chelsea%20Market%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1516246628242{background-color: #333333 !important;}”][vc_column_text]
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- Were roughly about the size of modern African elephants
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- Like their thick coat of fur, their shortened ears were an important cold-weather adaptation because it minimized frostbite and heatloss
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- Scientists can discern a woolly mammoth’s age from the rings of its tusk, like looking at the rings of a tree
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- The first fully documented woolly mammoth skeleton was discovered in 1799
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- Although, most of the woolly mammoth population died out by 10,000 years ago, a small population of 500-1000 woolly mammoths lived on Wrangel Island until 1650 BC. That’s only about 4,000 years ago!
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- Coexisted with early humans, who used its bones and tusks for making art, tools, and dwellings, and the species was also hunted for food
- Woolly mammoths would have eaten similar vegetation to modern-day elephants, browsing the forests for leaves, fruits, nuts, twigs and berries.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Woolly Mammoth Print Out” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Chelsea%20Market%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1516246602531{background-color: #333333 !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”1692″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”img_link_large” img_link_target=”_blank”][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Video” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Chelsea%20Market%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1516216627892{background-color: #333333 !important;}”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/J1Eldx-VLSE” align=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_video link=”https://youtu.be/Pna2A8tKFfg” align=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_custom_heading text=”Sources” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” google_fonts=”font_family:Chelsea%20Market%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1516155674957{background-color: #333333 !important;}”][vc_column_text]http://blog.ted.com/10-fascinating-facts-about-woolly-mammoths
http://www.livescience.com/56678-woolly-mammoth-facts.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/mammoth
http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/sites/kids/NGS/wpf/printcreature/mammoths.html
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/woolly-mammoth[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]