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Live woolly mammoth filmed in Siberia?

  • 13-02-2012 11:17pm
    #1
    Adam Khor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Or that's what they say. It certainly looks a lot like a mammoth but then again, it looks just as much as a large brown bear carrying a very large fish on its mouth. And that's much more likely :D Also, they cleverly avoid showing the animal out of the water.
    But it's an interesting video nonetheless, so here you have it:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0i4YzT_jYs
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  • #2
    mattjack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    Is it in a snow storm ?


  • #3
    Adam Khor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭Adam Khor


    mattjack wrote: »
    Is it in a snow storm ?

    I don´t think so... it would be even less visible


  • #4
    TheMilkyPirate
    Registered Users Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭TheMilkyPirate


    That's a mouth with a bear in it's fish


  • #5
    Galvasean
    Registered Users Posts: 30,746 ✭✭✭✭Galvasean


    baraca wrote: »
    That's a mouth with a bear in it's fish

    No, it's more like a fish with a mouth in it's bear.


  • #6
    Havermeyer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Havermeyer


    Bearing in mind I'm no expert, there's definitely something fishy about that video.


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  • #7
    JustAddWater
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭JustAddWater


    Galvasean wrote: »
    No, it's more like a fish with a mouth in it's bear.

    It's bear grylls with a bear in his     ... ah nevermind

    It's fake... Just like the 'newspaper' that supports that video


  • #8
    Adam Khor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 5,279 Mod ✭✭✭✭Adam Khor


    Haha, its ironic how I post several threads about actual paleontology and I only get comments on the fishy (in more than one way?) mammoth video. Screw this :cool:


  • #9
    Rubecula
    Registered Users Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    I could not bear to see another video like that. I want a salmon salad now.


  • #10
    rich.d.berry
    Registered Users Posts: 517 ✭✭✭rich.d.berry


    Live Science article which also casts some doubt on its authenticity.

    I watched the video again in full screen and the front leg appears below where it would be visible if the waterline was consistent with the rest of its body.

    And here's a news report stating that it is a fake and that the original footage was of the river without any animal in the footage.


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