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Baby Mammoth Gives Up Secrets

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted May 3, 2009 8:50 AM CDT
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(Newser) – A nearly perfectly preserved 37,000-year-old baby mammoth is giving up tantalizing secrets about her species, scientists report. The creature, dubbed Lyuba by researchers, still sports clumps of hair and eyelashes, according to the Telegraph. Scientists have been able to examine stomach contents and the mineral makeup of the bones and teeth in the animal, found 2 years ago by reindeer herders in Siberia.

"No other specimen preserves this much of the original anatomy," said a researcher. "When I saw her, my first thought was, 'Oh my goodness, she's perfect.' It looked like she'd just drifted off to sleep. Suddenly what I'd been struggling to visualize for so long was lying right there for me to touch."

Scientists examine the frozen carcass of a 37,000-year-old baby mammoth that was discovered in a remote region in northern Siberia.
Scientists examine the frozen carcass of a 37,000-year-old baby mammoth that was discovered in a remote region in northern Siberia.   (AP Photo/Sergei Cherkashin)
The carcass of a baby mammoth is examined in the Arctic city of Salekhard.
The carcass of a baby mammoth is examined in the Arctic city of Salekhard.   (AP Photo/Sergei Cherkashin)
Scientists examine carcass of a baby mammoth in the Arctic city of Salekhard.
Scientists examine carcass of a baby mammoth in the Arctic city of Salekhard.   (AP Photo/NTV, Russian Television Channel)
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Doctor-Zaius
May 3, 2009 11:56 AM CDT
Simple, they stick their fingers in their and scream "LALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"
mockingbird
May 3, 2009 3:52 AM CDT
That's so cool :D *the 12-year-old-wanna-be-paleontologist in me grins*

 
Siberia • extinction • species • extinct • woolly mammoth • prehistoric • prehistoric mammals • Mammoth • ice age

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