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Wooly mammoths became extinct around 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. Nobody is sure why. It may be because of climate change or possibly over hunting by humans. There is also a possibility that some of them interbred with elephants amd their genes are intermingled with modern elephants.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agothe woolly mammoth died because after the ice age it got to hot for the mammoth to survive. It was used to the cool climate, and when it got warmer its huge fur coat overheated them and they died
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∙ 14y agoI think its the ice age
Yes, they are. They've been extinct for 1000 years or more.
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∙ 12y agoThe Woolly Mammoths became extinct of the Ice Meltdown a very long time ago
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∙ 14y agobecause of the ice age
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Name of a extinct hairy elephant?
Wooly Mammoth
What is the biggest mammal that is or is not extinct and is the largest mammal in the world?
I guess the wooly mammoth, which is extinct.
What two animals make a woolly mammoth?
None. The wooly mammoth is extinct. It was a separate, distinct species.
Is Wooly mammoth baby cute?
Woolly Mammoths have been extinct for over 10,000 years
Name an animal that is extinct?
The dodo, T. Rex, Giant Sloth, Wooly mammoth, etc.
Have scientists brout back a wooly mammoth?
No, nobody has ever cloned an extinct animal from DNA.
What species of land animal is the closest surviving relative of the extinct wooly mammoth?
Indian elephant
Name the odd one with respect to elephant?
its not actually a dinosaur it is an extinct annimal that was related to the elephant its called a wooly mammoth or just the mammoth.
Why are elephants extinct?
Elephants are not extinct, although they are highly endangered. You may be thinking of some of their relatives, like the wooly mammoth which have died out.
When did the wooly mammoth lived?
around 6,000 b.c. it originated in Africa it went extinct around 456b.c.
When did the wooly mammoth become extinct?
The most recent mammoth fossils are about 4,500 years old so it likely would have been somewhere shortly after this time.
What are two extinct animals that have been found frozen in Siberia and Alaska?
Wooly mammoth and saber tooth cat
