papo is world renound for their beautiful lifelike figures, each hand painted figure is lovingly crafted & will delight enquisitive children & adult collectors alike.with its trunk & huge tusks, the mammoth strongly looks like it's cousin the elephant. this prehistoric animal died more than 10, 000 years ago & is one of the best known extinct animals, thanks to the very well preserved fossils found buried in the ice. native to africa, mammoths then spread more widely in eurasia, north america & the plains of siberia. this mammal possessed a thick fur to fight against the cold & sometimes even a real wool coat. it's large curved defenses could reach up to 3 metres in length & were used among other things to search the ground for food. it is assumed that global warming is at the origin of their extinction.