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Urbana, Illinois: Woolly Mammoth

Life-size bronze statue of the hairy big-tusked mammal, which roamed Illinois in prehistoric times. Unveiled March 2023.

Address:
1301 W. Green St., Urbana, IL
Directions:
On the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The mammoth stands outside the southwest corner of the Natural History Building, just west of S. Matthews Ave.
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Woolly Mammoth.

Woolly Mammoth

Actually pretty cool! It's a big, happy mammoth!

[Maggie Tabor, 04/13/2023]

Perfectly positioned for Fight-or-Flight photo ops.


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