Life-size woolly mammoth takes shape at New York museum
A life-size replica of an Ice Age woolly mammoth will be on display as part of an exhibit at New York City's American Museum of Natural History, providing a rare glimpse of the ancient beasts.
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A life-size replica of a woolly mammoth is ready for visitors at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The new exhibition, “The Secret World of Elephants,” opens on Nov. 13. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A life-size replica of an Ice Age woolly mammoth is taking shape at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where workers assembled the massive animal's head and tusks Monday in preparation for a new exhibit.
The exhibition "The Secret World of Elephants," which reveals new science about ancient and modern elephants, is scheduled to open to the public on Nov. 13.
The large woolly mammoth, which is depicted in the process of shedding its winter coat, stands near a full-scale model of an African elephant with projection offering an inside look at how it processes between 300 and 500 pounds of food a day.
Workers assemble the head and tusks Monday of a life-size model of a woolly mammoth, one of the giants of the Ice Age, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The woolly mammoth replica comes to NYC as part of a new exhibition, "The Secret World of Elephants," opening Nov. 13. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
While the exhibit shows how elephants remain powerful religious and political symbols in many cultures today, it will also show the human toll of climate change and the killing of elephants for ivory.
Today, only three elephant species survive.
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