BABY MASTODON TOOTH REPLICA / ELEPHANT / FOSSIL / MAMMAL

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THIS IS A REPLICA OF A REAL BABY MASTODON TOOTH THAT WAS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.  THESE ARE GREAT FOR SHOW AND TELL,  THEY ARE MADE OF VERY TOUGH , HIGH IMPACT PLASTIC,  SO THEY CAN BE SHOWN,  AND HANDLED WITH NO PROBLEM AT ALL.  THESE TEETH ARE WONDERFUL IN THAT THEY ARE AS REAL AS THEY GET.!!   NICELY DETAILED REPLICAS FOR VERY REASONABLE  PRICES.
SIZE: 3'' LONG, 2 1/8'' WIDE, 1 1/2'' TALL
WEIGHT:3.3 OUNCES
THE MAMMUT AMERICANUM  ELEPHANT IS AN EXTINCT PROBISCIDEAN THAT LIVED DURING THE PLIESTOCENE TIME PERIOD AND IS ROUGHLY 3 MILLION TO 10,000 YEARS OLD.      THE TEETH ARE VERY SUBSTANTIAL IN THE PRIMARY ENAMEL CAP IS VERY THICK UNLIKE THE MAMMOTH IN WHICH THE ENAMEL SITS IN BETWEEN LAYERS OF PULP ENABLING THE MAMMOTH TO GROW AND ROTATE ITS TEETH FORWARD  AS IT FED.  THE MASTODON ATE A VARIETY OF FOOD AND  HAD THE CAPABILITY TO EAT ROUGHER VEGATATION DUE TO THE CONICKLE SHAPE OF  ITS TEETH.  UNLIKE THE MAMMOTH,  THE MASTODON HAD TUSKS THAT WERE NOT AS CURVED AND THE ANIMAL WAS MOST LIKELY MORE STOUT AND ROBUST.  IT COULD VERY WELL BE THAT THE NATIVE AMERICANS HAD A ROLE IN THE EXTINCTION OF THE MASTODON.  FOSSILS OF THIS ELEPHANT ARE FOUND THROUGH OUT THE UNITED STATES .
WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY MISTAKES WE MAKE.  WE ARE HUMAN AND DO MAKE MISTAKES.  PLEASE CONTACT US BEFORE EVER,  LEAVING BAD FEEDBACK.  WE STRIVE VERY HARD TO MAKE 100 PERCENT HAPPY CUSTOMERS.  WE REFUND ITEMS ,  AND ASSIST IN ANY WAY WE CAN TO SATISFY YOU.     WE ARE HERE FOR YOU AND CAN BE REACHED BY PHONE OR BY E-BAY .
COMBINED SHIPPING:
PLEASE ADVISE US WHEN YOU WISH TO PURCHASE MORE THAN ONE ITEM OR YOU WISH TO PAY ON A LATER TIME.  WE UNDERSTAND TIMES ARE TOUGH AND WE ALL WANT TO SAVE MONEY ANY WAY WE CAN. IF AFTER WINNING AN AUCTION YOU HAVE TROUBLE PAYING AT THAT TIME,  PLEASE LET US NOW.  WE WILL WORK WITH ANYONE AS LONG AS YOU ARE HONEST AND UP FRONT.
OUR HISTORY:
MY NAME IS MATTY SWILP AND I HAVE BEEN DIVING AND COLLECTING FOSSILS SINCE I WAS ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD.  MY FATHER GOT ME STARTED BY TAKING ME AND MY BROTHERS  TO THE LOCAL SAND MINES IN SUMMERVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE  WE HUNTED SHARKS TEETH. WHEN I WAS ABOUT 18 I STARTED DIVING HEAVY AND EVENTUALLY MOVED TO BEAUFORT SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE I OPENED A STORE CALLED "STONES & BONES"  WHICH MY MOTHER  OPERATED FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. I ALSO   WORKED AS A PREP ARTIST IN THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM EARLIER  ,  AND HAVE DONATED THOUSANDS OF ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY .   I LOVE DIVING AND COLLECTING AND NOW HAVE THE WONDERFUL TIME OF SHARING MY ADVENTURES WITH MY WIFE AND CHILDREN.  I CAN SAY MY OLDER DAUGHTER HAS HAD GREAT TIMES TAKING VARIOUS FOSSILS TO SCHOOL FOR SHOW AND TELL.  MY WIFE RUNS E-BAY NOW AND WHEN SHE CAN SHE IS MY BOAT CAPTAIN. WHEN WE ARE DOWN SOUTH I TAKE MY KIDS TO THE RIVERS AND OCEAN TO RIDE AND SEE NATURE AND THE DOLPHINS.  DIVING FOR FOSSILS HAS BEEN THE MOST REWARDING ASPECT OF MY LIFE IN THAT I HAVE SEEN AND SPENT PRICELESS HOURS OUT IN NATURE AND SHARED MUCH OF MY LIFE WITH MY FATHER WHO HAS BEEN MY BOAT CAPTAIN FOR WELL OVER 15 YEARS.  WEATHER I FIND ONE BROKEN TOOTH OR NOTHING,  I LOVE BEING OUT ON THE WATER AND EXPLORING .  PLEASE ENJOY MY FINDS AND FOSSILS AS I PRESENT THEM FOR SALE ON E-BAY.  I LOVE WHAT I DO,  AND I LOVE MORE THAN ANYTHING THE JOY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE WHEN THEY BEHOLD SOME OF THE FOSSILS I FIND.  WE HAVE A SPECIAL AND ONE OF A KIND PLANET THAT HAS AN INCREDIBLE HISTORY.  MEGALODONS AND THE FOSSILS I FIND ARE FASCINATING AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US.  IT IS MY PLEASURE TO MEET ALL OF YOU,  AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU  ,  FROM MY CUSTOMERS TO ANYONE WHO ENJOYS FOSSILS.  THANKS FOR CHECKING MY E-BAY AUCTIONS.  MATTY,  AND YANA SWILP.