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Mon 12 Nov, 2007 10:06 am
Wis. boy, 3, finds wooly mammoth tooth
Tue Nov 6, 3:30 PM ET
Gary Kidd had a pretty good idea that what his 3-year-old grandson had found was no rock, but the tooth of a woolly mammoth. That's because he had found one himself nine years ago. Kaleb Kidd was chasing squirrels Monday at a family friend's property near La Crosse when he spotted what looked like an unusual rock.
"Grandpa, what's that?" Kaleb asked.
He told his grandson it looked like the tooth of the extinct woolly mammoth.
Next stop was the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, which confirmed that it was, indeed, the tooth of a mammoth.
Connie Arzigian, the center's lab director, said it could be 10,000 to 30,000 years old. It weighs 2 pounds and measures 6 inches long and 3 inches wide.
The latest find is in better shape than the one Gary Kidd brought up from the bottom of the Mississippi River while clamming in 1998. That tooth was water-soaked and had fallen apart, he was told when he took it to the center.
The center already has a woolly mammoth tooth in its collection, but it's always fun to see someone discover another one, Arzigian said.
"It's wonderful to get an idea of what was here in the past," she said.
Gary Kidd, 46, said it would be up to Kaleb's father, Travis, to decide what to do with the tooth. For now it is on display at Satori Arts Gallery, much to Kaleb's dismay.
"When we dropped it down at the art gallery, he was crying. He didn't want to let it go," his granddad said. "At first he thought it was just a rock. Now he's all excited."
That's so cool! What a lucky Kid
I don't know about that ros.
He's too young. And when he's old enough to think of it that way the adults will have screwed up the experience goodstyle with videos and pics and letters etc and he'll look at them and think they were playing ping-pong with him.
Right now he'll be wondering what the **** they are on about but if he's any sense he'll play along and extract the usual benefits. If he's cool doing that he'll go far.
Captain Irrelevant wrote:How do teeth get woolly?
Damn I was going to say that.
Captain Irrelevant wrote:How do teeth get woolly?
A big night out usually does it for me.
I understand what a woolly mammoth tooth is.
I've been bitten by one.
A previously unpublished interview with the boy revealed that he had a profound understanding of the mammoth species' place in history.
When asked about the mammoth tooth, the boy replied "It stinked."
The Director of the museum expressed little surprise that the boy would know about extinction, remarking, "It's a tribute to our public school system that young Kidds like this are already learning about scientific thingymabobs."
The older Kidd admitted to being a little taken aback, telling KRONK-TV, "When I located a mammoth tooth years ago, it stinked too. But nobody made a fuss over it then."
I was always fascinated by the Woolly Mammoth
DP wrote-
Quote:I was always fascinated by the Woolly Mammoth
I wouldn't tell a psychiatrist that if I was you.
spendius wrote:DP wrote-
Quote:I was always fascinated by the Woolly Mammoth
I wouldn't tell a psychiatrist that if I was you.
****, I was hoping you wouldn't see that.
They say that specimens of woolly mammoths have been found frozen in deep ice in Siberia, still with traces of grass still on their teeth. (Who says? Supernature (Lyall Watson) I think I saw it)
So when they died, it was quick- in a day or two at most, and in a steep temperature drop.
What's that all about?
Interestingly enough my daughter-in-law's father was served a wooly mamouth steak at a Lions Club dinner in Texas. It had been in the deep freeze for a long, long time. I don't recall any comments on how it tasted.
I think Id watch your daughter-in-laws fathers stock tips if Ize you.
DP wrote-
Quote:****, I was hoping you wouldn't see that.
How could I miss it posted next to my home thread.
Yes how silly of me Guru spendy.
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