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		gus_massa on Aug 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used plant... It's weird that they call the mammoths "predator" when they were herbivores and we were hunting them.

Terr_ on Aug 27, 2024 [–]

I think the context for that section has shifted to "a charging animal" of unspecified diet, but I agree that "predator" is still a mismatch.

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