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On a seemingly ordinary Friday morning, the property owners noticed an unusual protrusion from the ground while mowing their lawn. What they initially thought were baseballs partially buried in the dirt turned out to be the teeth of a Mastodon—a large, elephant-like mammal that roamed North America during the last Ice Age. Reinforcing the significance of this find, the fossils were discovered only 12 to 18 inches beneath the surface, making it a remarkable and serendipitous encounter.