[Rockhounds] Idiots find mammoth tusk, leave to rot

[Tim Fisher]

Mammoth ivory is very fragile? Tell that to the gold miners in Alaska who dig them up with excavators. Sheesh.

Tim Fisher
Orerockon.com




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<http://www.techtimes.com/articles/203661/20170331/six-foot-mammoth-tusk-found-on-beach-during-unusually-low-tide.htm>

I could see leaving it with the idea of coming back next low tide, but no they left it to rot away.

BK


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J Bryan Krämer       North Florida, USA
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