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"...This remarkable specimen is called a 'mummy' because it also left impressions of skin and other soft tissue in the surrounding rock. It is mounted as it was found, lying on it's back with the knees drawn up. The head and neck twisted backward as the tendons dried out..."
"Mammoths were widespread during the Ice Ages. Some had wooly fur to keep them warm. This 'nonwooly' mammoth lived in southern parts of the United States, which were not covered by glaciers. Like living elephants, mammuthus had a trunk. ...you can see where the trunk was attached at the large single opening high on the front of the skull. The myth of Cyclops, a one-eyed giant, may have arisen when ancient people found fossil proboscidean skulls and mistook this nostril opening for an eye socket. "
AMNH has a big frog exhibit going on right now. Very cool. Over 200 various frogs and lots of fun info. Wish I'd have kept better track of which frog was in which photo, but fun was had by all.