Mammoth Fossil Magnet

Product Description: This fossil magnet is made from resin and depicts a Mammoth fossil on the front. There are various species of mammoth most were equipped with long, curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair. It is supplied with a magnet on the reverse. The product is supplied with an information card describing how fossils are created.

Information: A fossil is the naturally preserved remains, impression or traces of animals or plants the lived in the geologic past. To become a fossil the animal or plant has to be buried before it is eaten or rots away. The can sink into the mud in the bottom of rivers or oceans or under sand. Once buried the body tissues of the creature or plant are replaced by minerals which over a long period of time turn to stone. The surrounding mud or sand then turns to rock which is where most fossils are found. Most laid buried for millions of years.