Baby mammoth found in Russian Arctic


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(Reuters) - A reindeer herder in Russia's Arctic has stumbled on the pre-historic remains of a baby woolly mammoth poking out of the permafrost, local officials said on Friday.

The herder said the carcass was as perfectly preserved as the 40,000-year-old mammoth calf Lyuba discovered in the same remote region four years ago, authorities said, adding that an expedition had set off hoping to confirm the "sensational" find.

"If it is true what is said about how it is preserved, this will be another sensation of global significance," expedition leader Natalia Fyodorova said in a statement on the Arctic Yamalo-Nenetsk region's official website.

Scientists planned to fly the mammoth's remains to the regional capital Salekhard, where it would be stored in a cooler to prevent the remains from decomposing.

Giant woolly mammoths have been extinct since the Earth's last Ice Age 1.8 million to around 11,500 years ago.

Scientists worldwide were stunned by the discovery of Lyuba, named after the wife of the hunter who discovered her.

Arctic ice kept the extinct specimen so immaculately preserved that although her shaggy coat was gone, her skin and internal organs were intact.

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It's cloning time!

1 .Take an elephant ovum

2. Remove the DNA from the ovum

3. Inject baby mammoth DNA

4. Place fertilized egg in healthy elephant

5. ????

6. Profit!

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Lets clone a thousand of these and build our own army to destroy our enemies.

FOR THE GLORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

To be fair, would anybody predict a thousand mammoths coming to attack you? No. It's the ultimate surprise.

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How you going to feed it ?

They eat tons per week. :laugh:

Oh, no see it would have to remain a baby one forever. Not a growing one.

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Oh, no see it would have to remain a baby one forever. Not a growing one.

Maybe they can just clone smaller versions of them. :D Mini-Mammoths... if you will.

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