Posted on 10/04/2009 4:26:37 PM PDT by Steelfish
October 5, 2009
Baby Mammoth Yields Secrets After 40,000 Years In Siberian Tundra [Pic in URL]
Sam Lister
A baby woolly mammoth that died after being sucked into a muddy river bed 40,000 years ago has revealed more prehistoric secrets of how the species survived in its icy habitat.
The mammoth, known as Lyuba, was about a month old when she died in the Siberian tundra, where she remained until she was discovered by reindeer herders three years ago. Her body was so well preserved in the permafrost that her stomach retained traces of her mother’s milk, and scientists identified sediment in her mouth, trunk and throat — suggesting that she suffocated while struggling to free herself from the mud.
The mammoth has taught researchers much about the species that they had been unable to glean from fossils and other less well-preserved finds, including how brown fat cells on the humped back of the head helped to maintain body temperature.
The calf, found in the Arctic Yamal peninsula of Russia, weighed about 110lb, and was about the size of a large dog.
Announcing the start of a tour by Lyuba of palaeontology museums, starting at The Field Museum in Chicago next year and ending at the Natural History Museum in 2014, scientists said that she could provide DNA.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
Weight a minute, isn't that about what a large dog weighs? Coincidence?
interesting and fantastic find this young mammoth. Thanks for the post.
Was this a ‘we’re gonna keep you out there in the cold until you talk’ interrogation?
Ping!
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It’s dead Jim.
Probably just they camera angle that give it this flattened appearance.
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The viability of the GOP still remains in doubt after the 2008 elections.
Did someone find this out back of McCain’s house in the trash?
Apparently the poor creature "reached across the aisle" one too many times.
Gee. But no fossilization. Not even a little bit.
ML/NJ
That’s what I found incredible- a treasure trove for paleontologists.
Is there a possibility it can be revived?
Think the upcoming DNA research will lead to them trying to implant a mammoth embryo inside an elephant? Bring the species back from extinction so to speak?
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