EMMA THE MAMMOTH IS BECOMING A STAR.Byline: Angie Valencia-Martinez Staff Writer MOORPARK - ``Emma the Mammoth'' is ready for her close-up. A video shoot is scheduled Oct. 28 at the Santa Ana Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. laboratory where the prehistoric pre·his·tor·ic also pre·his·tor·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or belonging to the era before recorded history. 2. Of or relating to a language before it is first recorded in writing. giant mammal's bones have temporarily been stored after construction workers uncovered the skeleton back in March in Moorpark. ``I dance in it,'' joked Hugh Riley, who doubles as Moorpark's assistant city manager and promoter of the Ice Age creature. ``My job is to make sure we keep the interest level up.'' The video is part of an educational program and will be shown in November. The fossilized fos·sil·ize v. fos·sil·ized, fos·sil·iz·ing, fos·sil·iz·es v.tr. 1. To convert into a fossil. 2. To make outmoded or inflexible with time; antiquate. v.intr. mammoth mammoth, name for several large prehistoric elephants of the extinct genus Mammuthus, which ranged over Eurasia and North America in the Pleistocene epoch. is believed to be 800,000 years to 1.4 million years old and was probably about 46 or 47 years old when it died. The skeleton was discovered nearly intact and the bones were confined con·fine v. con·fined, con·fin·ing, con·fines v.tr. 1. To keep within bounds; restrict: Please confine your remarks to the issues at hand. See Synonyms at limit. to the same area at a housing development site last spring. The discovery prompted a flurry of excitement among city leaders who want to keep the memory of the female creature alive. Since then, Emma has been the subject of an original painting, main character in a children's book that is expected to be developed and now star of a video. The city has set aside more than $21,000 on an effort to promote the find and educate the public. Ideas include promotional T-shirts, mugs and posters - among other things. |
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