One 'fishes' a mammoth tooth in Jilin

A local, Wu Desheng, was fishing when he reeled in a mammoth tooth fossil in Binjiang Garden where part of the Songhua River flows, xwh.cn reported Wednesday.

According to Wu, the fossil is very hard and 10cm long, with a smooth surface and subtle spots. It seems to belong to a kind of large animals.

Pi Fusheng, a researcher from the city of Jilin's political advisory body, said the tooth is in a very good shape and belonged to an adult mammoth.