Show BONES OF P PACHYDERM ACQUIRED BY MUSEUM 6 k kw w 6 J k rg I 4 C I I j A t td 4 Ui 14 t hj 4 ji 4 t Hairy Mammoth Roamed Lake Shores Years Ago Cathryn Whitney pretty University of or Utah coed stands by two leg bones of or a R hairy mammoth latest addition to the university university university sity museum She is holding a a. tooth of the prehistoric animal weighing about 15 pounds Fossilized bones of a hairy mammoth mam moth huge pachyderm that roamed the hc shores of ancient Lake Bonneville years ago Thursday were added added add add- ed to the University of Utah museum The The The-b boris bones rf s svere vere were excavated near Burley Idaho by Golden York a curator for forthe the museum who said the animal was 11 feet high at its shoulders shoulders ders and had great curling tusks 8 to 11 feet long and 7 inches in diameter where they entered the head The name of the prehistoric mammal mammal mam mam- mal is derived from its size according to o Dr Frederick J. J Pack Deseret professor pro pro- fessor of geology at the university Dr Pack described it as having an outer coat of coarse hair which which protected pro pro- I it against cold and rain which prevailed over this region in prehistoric tone times Existing at th the s 's same n nUm Um time timea a S' S s the the animal waS was vas adapted to a cold and wet climate was herbivore ous OiLS feeding on trees and tall taIl grasses he said While the reasons for the mammoths mammoths mammoth's mammoths mammoth's mam mam- moths moth's extinction are a 1 mystery ac according ae- ae cording to Dr Pack it was forced to leave he vicinity of Lake Bonneville to escape the effects of changing climate climate cli cli- mate for which it was not adapted |