Well, they certainly didn't complain after the Aztec surgery. However, it is possible there were some complaints prior to the operation?

A growing number of scalpels used in surgery nowadays are of the disposable kind, only the blade or the entire instrument.
They come in pre-sterilized, sealed packages.

If you believe some sources, many "patients" were actually quite eager and honored to be chosen for the procedure.

I guess the moment of maximun commotion would have happened DURING the operation.

We started with choosing a knife to make kabobs for a barbecue, and ended up talking about Aztec human sacrifices...

Let's hope none of us tries to combine the two topics and starts trading recipes...

Rumor has it that the Russians still have some in their big fridge: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...kyo-woolly.html

The degree of preservation in Siberia is astounding, and there is a good chance that mammoths can be essentially resurrected. The bigger question is - What do you do with the mammoth once (s)he is here?

The critter needs an appropriate environment, and the demise of that environment is the reason they went belly up in the first place....A mammoth might be very happy, browsing in an Illinois corn field, although its owner might not be too thrilled.

Yeah, just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should — like using a bushcraft knife in the kitchen...

Sometimes when browsing through kitchen cutlery you find something that looks like it should do well in the kitchen and comes with a leather sheath...
ZELITE INFINITY Utility Knife, 6” blade, 45 layer Damascus steel with AUS10 core.

So rather than using a bushcraft knife in the kitchen, this would be a kitchen knife that could be used...in the kitchen. As good as the AUS10 steel may be and despite its having a leather sheath, it’s not a field knife. Maybe in a pinch because it’s the only knife you have, but not because you planned to do so.

Sounds like hikermor is missing the habitat of his youth! Maybe his old pet mammoth will one day be released from the icy prison for a reunion... Probably still remembers how to play ring toss with the tusks.

Actually, carving your GF's initials in the tusks was the cool thing to do, and, trust me, it wasn't easy with stone tools. The bronze dagger was a big improvement, and then came the iron age...