Mammoth missing some legs

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Mammoth missing some legs

Elephantlover
27 Feb 2021

Reactions: Hammy, CarLover, Paul Kalisch and 1 other person

What caused this? Is it a rescue or was this some sort of birth defect?

This is actually Mammuthus primigenius brevi tripodes, a wooly mammoth subspecies that have very short legs

@MonkeyBat

Wow! You learn something new every day!

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Category: Philadelphia Zoo

Added by: Elephantlover

Date added: 27 Feb 2021

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Comment count: 3

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Device: Canon Canon PowerShot SX530 HS

Aperture: ƒ/3.4

Focal length: 4.3 mm

Exposure time: 1/500 second(s)

ISO: 200

Flash: Off, did not fire

Filename: 7AE290C5-C142-41E6-ACD0-7C8AB4C33BAC.jpeg

File size: 6.4 MB

Date taken: Sat, 27 February 2021 1:15 PM

Dimensions: 4608px x 3072px

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