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Buy It Now: Mastodon on ebay

by Jordan Yerman | March 16, 2008 at 10:39 am

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What would you do if you found a mastodon skeleton in your yard? A California family have been dealing with that very situation, and have decided to part ways with the bony beast. Craigslist would have been ideal if they wanted to trade it for some DVDs or a toaster, but the Fidler family is looking for something more in the tune of one hudred fifteen grand.

The Fiddlers have decided to part with the rare specimen. It was just taking up too much room, Nancy Fiddler told Reuters. That, and they wanted to be able to use their sauna, which has been housing some of the beast's bones for years.

In case you're wondering, the item is pick-up only.

In 1997 Eric Pedersen, a ranch hand working on Rustler Ranch found a tooth sticking out from a stream bank. At first, the tooth looked like an arrowhead. Once the tooth was dug out, it was apparent that something much more significant had been found.

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cynthia yoo

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at 13:46 on March 16th, 2008

jordan, it's strange but oh so entertaining! Thanks!

Barry Artiste

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at 14:07 on March 16th, 2008

jordan, Boy, imagine finding something like that here, of course BC was pretty much under water for the most part, but still imagine finding a pleisasaur, (sorry too lazy to correctly spell it) but you get my meaning

Jordan Yerman

at 14:13 on March 16th, 2008

I'd probably glaze the thing bright orange and use it as a jungle-gym for neighborhood kids. Place a slide over the trunk. That would rule.

BigT

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at 22:57 on March 16th, 2008

It's a five thousand years from now. For the last two thousand of those years Earth has been ruled by aliens. One day an alien kid digs up my bones. How much do you think my bones will go for?

As for what I would do with the Mastodon bones: use the bones to make a cool tree house. And I would fashion the tusks (they did have tusks, right?) into gun handles (think Patton).