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English: The Mammoth Site at Hot Springs, South Dakota is a paleontological site where mammoths and other megafauna got trapped in a sinkhole and drown about 26,000 years ago. Their bones were buried and preserved. The male specimen seen here is nicknamed "Murray". Today a museum has covered the site with a roof and gives tours.
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