OtterKnow Kids EncyclopediaThe woolly mammoth looked a lot like an elephant, but with long shaggy fur all over its body. Woolly mammoths lived during the Ice Age when the world was very cold and snowy. They were some of the biggest animals from prehistoric times!
Woolly mammoths had huge curved tusks that could be longer than a grown-up is tall. They were covered in thick, shaggy fur that kept them warm in freezing weather. Woolly mammoths were about the same size as elephants today.
Woolly mammoths were plant eaters. They used their trunks to pull up grass and plants from under the snow. They ate grasses, shrubs, and other plants that grew in the cold lands where they lived.
- Early humans actually saw woolly mammoths and even drew pictures of them on cave walls!
- Scientists have found whole woolly mammoths frozen in ice, still with their fur and skin.
- Their tusks could grow up to 15 feet long and were curved like giant spiral shapes!
