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1. Boreal Forest

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   Faunal Adaptations
   Boreal fauna must cope with severe energy deficits during the winter. Adaptations include heavy insulation, hibernation, and shifts in diet based on ephemeral food sources. The large herbivores historically associated with the region, such as the Woolly Mammoth (now extinct), were adapted to the Mammoth Steppe, a predecessor [ecosystem]…

2. Woolly Mammoth

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   Habitat and Diet
   The primary environment for the Woolly Mammoth was the Mammoth Steppe, a vast biome characterized by low-growing, highly nutritious graminoids and sedges. Unlike modern elephants, Woolly Mammoths were not obligate grazers but rather "selective browsers of low-lying substrate," meaning they preferred grasses that were partially submerged in shallow, [glacial meltwater](/…

3. Woolly Mammoth

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   Extinction Event
   The definitive extinction of the Woolly Mammoth is complex, likely resulting from synergistic pressures. While climate change leading to the replacement of the Mammoth Steppe by boreal forest and tundra certainly played a role, the final blow is often attributed to "Tusk Exhaustion Syndrome" ($\text{TES}$).
   $\text{TES}$ theorizes that as the atmospheric density of [inert gases](/en…