If you visit today, you ll see bison, pronghorn, deer and prairie dogs. Beware of rattlesnakes, too. Major mammoths At The Mammoth Site in Hot Springs , scientists have uncovered the bones of 52 mammoths. Mammoths lived 26,000 years ago. They looked like elephants with a long trunk and two long horns.
Mammoths are extinct now.
The mammoths found at The Mammoth Site died when they got trapped in a giant pool. Copyright 2001 South Dakota Department of Tourism. All rights reserved.