Nearly 600-pound ice age mammoth tusk discovered in Mississippi

Amateur fossil hunter made a surprising discovery while wading through a creek in Mississippi. Eddie Templeton stumbled upon a 7-foot-long tusk that turned out to belong to a Columbian mammoth, a relative of the woolly mammoth. This finding is unique for the region, as previously only isolated teeth of the Columbian mammoth had been found in Mississippi. The tusk, weighing 600 pounds, is currently being treated for preservation and will be displayed in a museum next year. This discovery offers valuable insight into the giant ice age mammals that once roamed the area.