Massive tusks
2007-07-27 10:18 UTC |
ATHENS, Greece - Researchers in northern Greece have uncovered two massive tusks of a prehistoric mastodon that roamed Europe more than 2 million years ago . tusks that could be the largest of their kind ever found.
One of the tusks measured 16-feet-4-inches long.
They live 55 years, 3.5 meters (11 1/2 feet) tall at the shoulder, and weighed around six tons.
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