What are some reasons why the Ice Age made woolly mammoths extinct?

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Gab

I have to write a report about why the Ice Age made woolly mammoths extinct, and I have no idea how.

Answer
The Ice Age didn't make them extinct, they were adapted to living in those conditions - woolly fur to keep them warm, fat reserves, small ears and tails to minimise heat loss, etc. It was the END of the Ice Age that caused their extinction. The frozen steppes they were adapted to living on began to disppear, being replaced by forest. They could not adapt to the new, warmer conditions, and thus became extinct.

What is considered enough cold that it could permanently damage the nerves in your teeth?

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Sebastian

A bet was made, that I wasn't able to finish a whole cup of slush in less than two minutes. I did.

Now however I'm having a noticeably painful time whenever liquid touches my teeth ~ cold or not. I chewed most of the slush with my back-teeth, and the cup containing it was perhaps 0,5 liters.

The weirdest thing is that I've never had a problem with eating or drinking cold food beforehand (easily being able to bite over frozen ice cream with my front-teeth without feeling a thing), and now I'm worried that I might have permanently damaged my nerves or the like.

I called the dentists-office, and without examining me they suggested me to get fluor (aka mouth wash) and use it for about a week ~ but any additional help or insight would be most appreciated at this point.

The slush-event happened about three days ago...

Answer
Cold will not likely cause any nerve damage in a tooth but what is more likely is a fracture from chewing the ice. Chewing ice is a good way to cause teeth to fracture. Fluoride is a natural desensitizer so that is why the rinse was recommended but it will not work if there is a fracture involved.