MAMMOTHS & MASTODONS INVADE TORONTO

It’s true,  just a couple blocks from the Don Valley Parkway, there are life size Woolly Mammoths and Mastodons.  The Ontario Science Centre has done it again: showcasing how incredible, cool and amazing science is. Mammoths and Mastodons:Titans of the Ice Age exhibit is running until April 24th at the Ontario Science Centre and you
Michelle
February 18, 2016

It’s true,  just a couple blocks from the Don Valley Parkway, there are life size Woolly Mammoths and Mastodons.  The Ontario Science Centre has done it again: showcasing how incredible, cool and amazing science is.

Mammoths and Mastodons:Titans of the Ice Age exhibit is running until April 24th at the Ontario Science Centre and you need to see it to believe it.

I was invited to the launch, which of course in true Ontario Science Centre fashion, was amazing.  

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I asked the panel of experts who spoke what they want kids to learn and take away from this exhibit. 

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They agreed they want kids to appreciate the friendly giants who are still on earth.  They want us to work harder at preserving our delicate elephant population.  They want kids to understand and learn how much humans and elephants share. They are family animals, with incredible memories that are passed on.  They have grandmothers and mothers and they take care of one another.

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Studying why and how Mammoths and Mastodons went extinct is powerful. Did humans ever think such a beast would cease to exist? How did they process all that meat when they successfully hunted one? 

Were humans aware of sustainability or preservation?  Are humans to blame for their extinction?

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It’s incredible to think Woolly Mammoths and Mastodons shared the earth at the same time as humans.

The Ontario Science Centre has graciously offered a family pass for up to five to visit for FREE!!   Watch the vlog and answer this question in the comments section for a chance to WIN!!

Q: HOW MUCH FOOD DID A COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH EAT?

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23 thoughts on “MAMMOTHS & MASTODONS INVADE TORONTO”

  1. 500lb of vegetation per day. sounds like a great place to take the kids. thank you for the opportunity 🙂

  2. A Columbian Mammoth ate up to 500 pounds of vegetation a day. Love to take my family to see this. Thanks for the chance to win this great prize.

  3. Colombian Mammoths ate up to 500lbs of vegetation per day!
    It would be so awesome to win these passes as we’re planning a Toronto weekend with our kids and we are a family of five!

  4. A Columbian Mammoth ate up to 500 pounds of vegetation a day or about 15 times the weight of a hay bale that is part of an interactive display at the Ontario Science Centre. You can try to lift the bale to feel how heavy 1 bale is; then imagine how heavy 15 bales would be. That’s a lot of vegetation. Cool exhibit. Would love to take the family to the Ontario Science Centre to see this new exhibit.

  5. The Columbian Mammoth ate and incredible 500 pounds of vegetation per day. That is absolutely astonishing! They would have been eating all day long! Would love to take the grandkids to this awesome exhibit.

  6. A Columbian Mammoth would eat up to 500 pounds of vegetation per day or 15 times the weight of the hay bail . I love the science center and this would be a wonderful learning experience for my grandchildren .Thanks for the video looks awesome

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