The Tree Roots Woolly Mammoth

Tree Root Woolly Mammoth
@Plethos (13560)
United States
March 8, 2018 12:23am CST
Today I went driving around the agricultural fields just to get out of the house for a bit and to see what nature and the local environment had to offer. I went driving down a back road on the west side of my town and came upon this pair of prehistorical looking clump of uprooted eucalyptus trees. My very first thought was, "(From certain angles) It sorta looks like a frozen fossil of a woolly mammoth." The oddly misshapen roots made it look like frozen fur that got knotted up and got caught in a Medusa like hair style. It looks like it was pulled out of the ground to fix the road it was on. I could tell it hasn't been laying there that long as there was still a lot of dirt hanging on the roots and the ground around was still soft and even. So I took some pictures of it and other various objects and landscape around me, all the while wishing I had a better camera to take photos with. There were also some vultures flying above, another reason as to why I wish a better camera. So does it look like a woolly mammoth to you ? Photograph- Taken/Owned by me, Plethos
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@crossbones27 (48427)
• Mojave, California
8 Mar 18
Pretty cool, thanks for sharing. I so miss outside the city world like when I was 11 and would wonder the woods. So neat to see things that are indeed a mystery and draw your own conclusions like you did here.
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
8 Mar 18
my imagination keeps me company. its a better conversationalist than real people.
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• Mojave, California
8 Mar 18
@Plethos Amen my brother.
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
8 Mar 18
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@Poppylicious (11133)
8 Mar 18
Maybe it's a woolly mammoth pretending to be an uprooted tree. As soon as you had driven off he went gallivanting around the fields again.
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
8 Mar 18
around here, i wouldnt be surprised if it did gallop about.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
8 Mar 18
Yes, the shapes reminds a mammoth.
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@LadyDuck (458091)
• Switzerland
8 Mar 18
@Plethos Or a close up of the back of a camel.
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
8 Mar 18
or an oversized rat
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
8 Mar 18
@LadyDuck - lol, that actually never occurred to me. it shouldve, seeing that im in the lower desert of california.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
20 Mar 18
Sure, if I squint really hard, I can see the carcass of a woolly mammoth, Plethos... I kinda get the feeling you were drinking either before you went driving or maybe as you were driving Uhhh... my phone has a better camera than most cameras! (grinning at you)
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
22 Mar 18
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
21 Mar 18
@DaddyEvil - surpriingly, no. it even amazed me!
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@DianneN (246849)
• United States
8 Mar 18
It does look like a wooly mammoth or a giant mouse! The soil looks so rich, too.
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@DianneN (246849)
• United States
9 Mar 18
@Plethos That's awesome!!!
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
8 Mar 18
The soil is very rich. Lots of food grown here to feed the world.
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@JudyEv (325793)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Mar 18
Ummm, not a lot! I can't get past wondering if there is good timber hidden behind the mammoth. I'm a bit into collecting firewood at the moment.
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@JudyEv (325793)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Mar 18
@Plethos We've managed to get enough for at least next winter so we're pretty pleased.
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
8 Mar 18
just about two or so feet of above ground stump still on the other side.
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• United States
9 Mar 18
yea kinda.pretty cool.
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
10 Mar 18
it is a lot more when you can use your imagination to give it more depth than what is truly there.
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@mom210 (9036)
• United States
11 Mar 18
I think a great horror film could be made about it.
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
12 Mar 18
hmm, true, it does sorta look like something in a nightmare. or a tim burton cartoon.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
8 Mar 18
Interesting photo. Actually to me it looks like a woolly mammoth on a bad hair day
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
8 Mar 18
well, its been years since its seen a hair stylist
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
14 Mar 18
Yes it does and that must have been a huge tree at one time...
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
14 Mar 18
yes, im assuming around 50 feet. maybe 60? it was a full mature tree.
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@Namelesss (3368)
• United States
16 Mar 18
Actually it does look like a Woolly Mammoth. You may want a better camera but that picture is rather stunning in clarity..
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
19 Mar 18
thats what i would like, a better camera, i think im beyond my point and shoot camera. im really getting interested in those mirrorless cameras coming out now. too bad they cost a lot of money.
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@Kandae11 (53679)
9 Mar 18
If I am not mistaken , I see two small objects which appear to be horns protruding from the lower section of that wooly mammoth.
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
10 Mar 18
to me, i see ribs. this is waht is great about objects in nature, everyone sees something different, even though its just one object, it has many characteristics.
@Icydoll (36717)
• India
8 Mar 18
Yeah it's looking like mammoth
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@Plethos (13560)
• United States
8 Mar 18
i wonder what itll look like when more dirt falls off over time.