Diving for a Mammoth
Y A diver is going to the bottc.i of the 4 old bed of the River Trent in search of Y the bones of a mammoth! Two great ♦ teeth arid o five-foot tusk have been X found at Attenborough, near Not ting--4 ham, where a gravel company is work- % ing in the old river bed. Scientists say they believe that the skeleton of £ the great prehistoric beast may still be r buried in the mud where lie died 20,C00 4 years ago. 4 The huge molars arc each as big as a Y man’s head and in wonderful condition. They have been submitted to Proi'essoi £ H. H. Swinnerton, Professor of Geology in University College, Nottingham, and fully authenticated. They arc the lirsl ever found in the Nottingham district.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6789, 22 February 1932, Page 12
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132Diving for a Mammoth Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6789, 22 February 1932, Page 12
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