February 17, 2009

• Like these ancient peoples had never run across a mastodon fossil. Gimmee a break. (And that thing with the stripes is a tapir.)
• I have not read the article yet but I am confidently predicting that this story is about ancient hairy elephants that smelled like patchouli and spent a lot of time snacking. Oh. Wait. I read the article. Turns out I am mistaken. Go figure!
• Ah, the skirling of the Mastodon Pipes as the tusked troops march forth to war! /wipes tear from eye
• The craft lives on: homemade elephant pipe.
• If it were the mid 19th century. And I were in Davenport, Iowa. And the harvest was in. And the ground wasn't yet frozen. And there was nothing to do for the next four months but stay alive. I would definitely fuck with archeologists. See also: the Heavener Runestone
• Hmmmm, makes you wonder about that frogs when the weed's the first think HE thinks of. How's the tadpole comin', froggy?
• Cache of Ice Age fossils found in Los Angeles
• As a kid I once visited a pipestone quarry like this one in Wisconsin. Mastodon pipes could be carved and seem authentic from that source. What about some nice monkey pipes?
• How Tiny Rodents Take the Place of Mastodons in an Ancient Ecosystem