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Huge mammoth tusk discovered sticking out of Mississippi streambed

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Amateur fossil collector Eddie Templeton stumbled upon a mammoth tusk in Mississippi .

The 7-foot-long ( 2 meters ), 600-pound ( 270 kilograms ) ivory tusk was almost entirely intact.

It is the first known mammoth fossil unearthed in the area, scientists say.

Mammoths roamed across North America during the last ice age.