'Extreme Mammals' on display at Fernbank Museum

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A Smilodon, one of many animals trapped in the tar pits in the Los Angeles (CA), is part of the American Museum of Natural History's "Extreme Mammals" exhibit at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta on Weds. Feb. 13th, 2013.

Alexi Chisle works inside the belly of a model of the largest land mammal, the Indricotherium, as she helps set up the "Extreme Mammals" exhibit at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta on Weds. Feb. 13th, 2013.

A skeleton of the first giant mammal, the Uintatherium, is part of the American Museum of Natural History's "Extreme Mammals" exhibit at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta.

A diorama of a swamp wading Coryphodon is part of the American Museum of Natural History's "Extreme Mammals" exhibit at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta.

Tim Cole mixes paint to repair seams in a model of the largest land mammal, the Indricotherium.

The Ambulocetus natan, that lived 49 million years ago in the shallow seas & brackish rivers of what is now Pakistan.

Rachel May uncrates a Koala taxidermy for the American Museum of Natural History's "Extreme Mammals" exhibit at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta.

Rachel May (left) & David Hall uncrate a female Proboscis Monkey taxidermy.

Tim Cole repairs seams in a model of the largest land mammal, the Indricotherium, as he helps set up the "Extreme Mammals" exhibit at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta on Weds. Feb. 13th, 2013.

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A Smilodon, one of many animals trapped in the tar pits in the Los Angeles (CA), is part of the American Museum of Natural History's "Extreme Mammals" exhibit at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta on Weds. Feb. 13th, 2013.

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