Hum Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 (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. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Time to do some cloning :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid Knight Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Clone that baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shock Doc Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I want a pet baby mammoth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoredBozirini Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Did Putin find it? Putin is everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJohnSmitherson Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 We can play god and bring the mammoth back, but um,uhh,um life um finds a way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 I want a pet baby mammoth! How you going to feed it ? They eat tons per week. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Hmmmm....mix 'n match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Til I Die Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 No cloning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Teej Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 clone it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 As I remember the n in he frozen mammoths are broken and can't be cloned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMH Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 ---Lyuba, named after the wife of the hunter who discovered her. She may be offended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted August 22, 2011 Member Share Posted August 22, 2011 That's cool. Can't wait for them to confirm the find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey B. Veteran Posted August 22, 2011 Veteran Share Posted August 22, 2011 rather nifty find indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3ntury Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 If they do manage to clone it, it'd change the world of pets as we know it ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted August 22, 2011 Global Moderator Share Posted August 22, 2011 i wanna see a picture :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelar Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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