Still Waters Posted February 22, 2013 #1 Share Posted February 22, 2013 A lobster fisherman believes he may have discovered a pair of mammoth tusks off the Kent coast. The tusks were discovered by Barry Mount off Herne Bay, when an extremely low tide allowed him to walk 0.75 miles out to explore the seabed. He said he believed the tusks once belonged to a mammoth. Professor Adrian Lister, palaeontology merit researcher at the Natural History Museum, said they were more likely to have come from an elephant. He described them as a "remarkable find". http://www.bbc.co.uk...d-kent-21535616 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfknight Posted February 22, 2013 #2 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Wow a matching pair of tusks. Hope they are mammoth tucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SameerPrehistorica Posted February 22, 2013 #3 Share Posted February 22, 2013 very nice....but i was hoping to hear about some Big Mammoth which is bigger or at least equal to Paraceratherium.Hmm..I wish someday i will hear a news like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRIPTIC CHAMELEON Posted February 22, 2013 #4 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Could be a part of a poachers hoard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastLazyGun Posted February 23, 2013 #5 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I don't see what the mystery is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolguy Posted February 24, 2013 #6 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Great find.they are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted February 24, 2013 #7 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I don't see what the mystery is. "He said it was probably more likely they were modern as they were so well-preserved, and could perhaps be part of a cargo of African or Asian elephant tusks". The mystery: were it mammoth tusks or modern elephant tusks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tipotep Posted February 25, 2013 #8 Share Posted February 25, 2013 (edited) "He said it was probably more likely they were modern as they were so well-preserved, and could perhaps be part of a cargo of African or Asian elephant tusks". The mystery: were it mammoth tusks or modern elephant tusks. By the way they look clean cut on the bottoms , my guess is that they are elephant .... TiP. Edited February 25, 2013 by tipotep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted February 25, 2013 #9 Share Posted February 25, 2013 What a stroke of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abramelin Posted February 25, 2013 #10 Share Posted February 25, 2013 very nice....but i was hoping to hear about some Big Mammoth which is bigger or at least equal to Paraceratherium.Hmm..I wish someday i will hear a news like that. That must be the Mammuthus Sungari: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammuthus_sungari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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