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Instead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammoth (www.discovermagazine.com)
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[–] Phenomephrene@thebrainbin.org 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I always pictured mammoths being more docile: disinclined to charge. Didn't realize they could be more of a wooly bully.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Elephants charge pretty easily, so that part doesn't surprise me.

[–] Phenomephrene@thebrainbin.org 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I did that thing where I lied on the internet. The preamble was there purely as a setup for the greatest joke of all time.

[–] RicoBerto@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 months ago

Yeah, if your main form of offense/defense is that you are: large, and have massive fuck-off tusks on your front then charging seems to be a pretty good go to.

[–] tetrachromacy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wooly bully?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Watch it now, watch it!