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The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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Grandma Mammoth's Words of Wisdom Aren't Unique to Jungle Male Mammals

In siberia, a majority of mammoth remains discovered in natural traps belong to young males. And it turns out this isn't just the case at the mammosite. In hot springs, scientists notice a similar pattern. Whether plunging through thin ice, getting caught in mud slides or swimming out in ponds of death.

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