The partnership with mammoths began modestly, with villagers gathering the tufts of wool that the gentle giants shed in spring.
Later, when orphaned calves were taken in and successfully reared, the community recognized their potential as companions and helpers. This gave rise to organized “mammoth nurseries,” where young calves and human children grew up alongside one another, playing games together—games like Tusk Ring, Wool Tag, Trunk Lift, Shadow Step, Splash Parade, Stomp and Sing, and Bundle Push.
If you're curious about how any of those games work, just ask me in the comments, and I'll explain, based on Arthur Denison's journals.
Art from Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara.
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How is Wool Tag played? I always love hearing about the variations on human-based tag games. :) I know we don't have mammoths anymore, but I'm also curious if any of these games would be able to be played by humans today with adaptations?
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