Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Woolly Mammoths in Siberia. Possibly.

A Woolly Mammoth. For purposes of reference.
A couple of days ago, The Sun newspaper shocked the world with (and I quote) its "jaw-dropping footage" of a Woolly Mammoth - apparently alive and well, and caught on camera - in Siberia. The startling footage (which you can view below) is evidence that will surely significantly rewrite current scientific opinion...



At least, it would surely rewrite current scientific opinion were it not for the fact that:

a) All the scientific evidence, to date, points to the vast majority of Woolly Mammoths having died out more than ten thousand years ago.

b) If you view the video you will see that, rather than looking like a Woolly Mammoth, it actually looks like a really bad CGI Woolly Mammoth. In fact, it looks like a really bad CGI Woolly Mammoth created by someone whose, rudimentary, knowledge of Woolly Mammoths seems to be that they are big, woolly, have four legs and possess some kind of dangly thing at the front...

c) The original video (sans Woolly Mammoth) has surfaced on Youtube. Hmm, I should perhaps I've led with that one...




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