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A mastodon [1]
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Date: 2025-02-27
Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion, art, science, food, and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. Let’s start out by looking at a mastodon.
Mastodons originally evolved in Africa about 20 million years ago and later spread into Europe and Asia. With the Bering Land Bridge that once connected Asia and North America, mastodons migrated into North America about 17 million years ago. During the Pleistocene, it ranged from Alaska to Florida. The American Mastodon (Mammut americanum) became extinct about 8,000 years ago.
The Conway Mastodon displayed in the Ohio History Center in Columbus, Ohio was discovered in 1887. According to the display:
“When living, this male individual stood more than 10 feet tall at the shoulder. At the time of death it was probably in its late 20s or early 30s.
The ivory tusks of an adult male mastodon were often very large. Each of the original tusks from the Conway Mastodon (on the ground in front of the skeleton) are 9-1/2 feet long and weigh more than 100 pounds”
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