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What did the woolly mammoth eat?

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What did giant mammals like woolly mammoths eat when they roamed the Arctic during the last ice age? A DNA analysis has solved that mystery and helps explain the rise and fall of giant mammals. read more

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The woolly mammoth (Mammuthis primigenius) evolved later, as the climate cooled, and was a grazer. It probably used its tusks to shovel aside snow and then uprooted tough tundra grasses with its trunk. read more

Mammoths chewed their food differently. They chewed by putting grasses between their upper and lower molars, moving their lower jaw forward, dropping their jaw, moving it backward and repeating again — sort of a grinding motion. read more

Mammoths were grazers. They primarily lived on grass, like African savanna elephants do today. Also like modern elephants, mammoths ate occasional leaves and fruits. read more

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