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    Mastodon (the Band) Explains Mastodon (the Animal)

    Troy Sanders, bassist for Mastodon, has a Ph.D in f-ing metal, with some undergraduate work in face-melting. But did you know that he's also the world's foremost authority on the prehistoric mastodon?

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    Do you think you know Mastodons? You think they're just some furry prehistoric elephant that dicked around Pangaea? Well, Troy Sanders is in the band Mastodon, and is an expert on everything mastadonian (real word). Watch this!