Two woolly mammoths are talking in a cave. One of them has cavemen on top in a battle.
Cavemen are battling on top of a mammoth.
What are they fighting about?
It didn't really bother me until they discovered fire.
scene: cave description: Two woolly mammoths are talking in a cave. One of them has cavemen on top in a battle. uncanny: Cavemen are battling on top of a mammoth. entities: Hunting, Mammoth, Extinction. caption: It didn't really bother me until they discovered fire.
The mammoth's fur is infested by small cavemen, almost as if it were a lice infection. Compared to normal sized humans which might kill the mammoth, the small cavepeople are more of a nuisance. However, If the small humans were to discover fire, this would cause burning on the mammoth's skin, which would be painful. This is what its lamenting about in the caption.