Episode 38: Mammoth (2006)

Mammoth (2006) is a made-for-TV Sci-Fi Channel original in which a frozen mammoth becomes possessed by an extraterrestrial being, and the Men in Black enlist the help of a local paleontologist to save the town from total annihilation. This movie asks many important questions, like: How do mammoths behave in the wild? Do they attack? And were they really wiped out by a “pathogon”? The answers to these questions and more on this episode of Screens of the Stone Age!

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In this episode:

Did a “pathogon” kill the mammoths? Ross MacPhee thinks so: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/interview-with-ross-macph/

Deinotherium – the “terrible beast”: https://www.fossilguy.com/gallery/vert/mammal/land/deinotherium/index.htm

Mammoth was filmed at the Grigore Antipa Natural History Museum, Bucharest: https://visitbucharest.today/bucharest-museums/grigore-antipa-national-museum/

Mammoth behaviour: https://www.cdm.org/mammothdiscovery/behavior.html

Museum galleries only show a small fraction of their collections: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/arts/artsspecial/19TROVE.html

Most museum fossils on display are casts: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/30/what-exhibits-in-a-museum-are-genuine

What is the difference between x-rays and CT scans? https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/ct-vs-mri-vs-xray

CT scanners have apertures less than 1 meter – not big enough for a mammoth: https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.14257

How many species of mammoths were there? (and other mammoth facts): https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/expert-guide-to-mammoths-all-your-questions-answered/