Talk:Woolly mammoth
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[edit] Question
Shouldn't we say how big these bad boys were when they were alive?--Mr Fink 03:37, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- If you have a source than please put it in, but please reference the imformation. Enlil Ninlil 03:47, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] D&D reference
Someone with a little more knowledge on Dungeons & Dragons should probably either cite the quoted misspelling ("Wooly") or adjust the item, as I just did with the Transformers reference. Aurax 04:24, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Copy/paste from Mammoth article
The Mammoth article contained lots of material pertaining to M. primigenius, not surprisingly, since the image of the woolly mammoth is the one that naturally comes to mind (and was actually the one featured there). However, assuming that it would be better to have that material here, I copy/pasted part of it into this article and deleted it in the other one. I felt my action was needed because I found the emphasis on M. primigenius in Mammoth potentially confusing, as it blurred the distinction between the mammoth in general and the woolly one in particular and obscured the fact that there also existed a separate article on this subject. I also replaced this image in Mammoth; perhaps it could be reused in this article. There was a section with much overlap called "Preserved remains, genetic evidence", which I initially placed in this talk section. When I merged its contents with those of Woolly mammoth, I did not preserve the reference tag that had been on it in the original article, but instead placed fact tags in the text wherever a source seemed to be needed. All of the images were preserved, except the aforementioned black-and-white gravure that was formerly used in Mammoth. I hope everyone here will agree with this rather bold action. Iblardi 20:40, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Big problem
The article does not mention why and how these creatures got extinct! It just says that last one of them died of hunger!--18jahremädchen 06:55, 12 August 2007 (UTC) Well they could have died out the same way as the dinosaurs —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aslan10000 (talk • contribs) 00:45, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
There are many theories on why the woolly mammoth went extinct, and in all likelihood, it was from a variety of reasons. Certainly, they went extinct shortly after the last Ice Age ended, so changes in climate and vegetation were probably important. But, hunting by primitive man certainly must have also played a role. Like all elephants, they would have had a slow reproductive rate, so even limited hunting, combined with climatic changes could have wiped them out.
Larry E. Matthews (talk) 16:46, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Popular culture
Can we add in a section were the mammoth was used in fiction. Docter trio vortex 12:32, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Great idea! Hard to forget the scene in "Quest For Fire" where the hero holds out the hay to the big woolly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.192.199.190 (talk) 04:06, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Not very Scientific
the article is not very scientific... It starts by saying that it lived in alaska and in siberia with no metion that they were linked to beringia. No mention of LGM or even its population dynamics. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.154.190 (talk) 15:48, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cross Section Through A "Tooth"
The cross-section of a tooth that is shown in the article should be more correctly identified as a cross section through a tusk.
Admitedly, a tusk is a modified tooth, but the average reader would be better informed if that was labeled as a cross section through a tusk.
It would be nice for someone to add a photo of a woolly mammoth tooth. They are very interesting. Beside their tusks, wooly mammoths only had molars, for grinding plant material.
Larry E. Matthews (talk) 16:52, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] small dick vandalism
The small dick vandalism we've been seeing is apparently in response to this. One assumes it is going to continue for a while yet. Hesperian 06:40, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
