Baby mammoth remains found in Russias Arctic

[Still Waters]

A reindeer herder in Russia's Arctic has stumbled on the prehistoric remains of a baby woolly mammoth poking out of the permafrost, local officials said 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.

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[David Yates]

"Baby mammoth remains found in Arctic"

How ridiculous! Of course it "remains found". Would they just find it and then lose it again? Nothing newsworthy here.

[Habitat]

"Baby mammoth remains found in Arctic"

How ridiculous! Of course it "remains found". Would they just find it and then lose it again? Nothing newsworthy here.

Is this a comedy routine, or what ?

[HoaxHunter]

@David Yates

I am sure you are not actually that dumb. It is obviously referring to its "Remains" as in the preserved body. Try and read through an article before making such an idiotic comment in the future.

[BabySemtex]

Can they extract DNA from it?

[philbo]

@Hoaxhunter....so eager to argue.

Try and get a life you sad loner.I see humour isn't a strong point of yours.I imagine you probably look like Stephen Hawking(before ill) with buck teeth that frequents the town centre in a rain mac in the middle of summer.

@davidyates... funny.

[philbo]

Can they extract DNA from it?

Scientists have already mapped part of the genome sequence...in the next 5-10 years they could clone a mammoth but I don't see a good reason for doing so.

We have enough problems protecting elephants already.

[Paracelse]

Scientists have already mapped part of the genome sequence...in the next 5-10 years they could clone a mammoth but I don't see a good reason for doing so.

We have enough problems protecting elephants already.

for food??? wonder how a mammoth rib eyes steak tastes like... mmm (drool) pfffff anyway I couldn't even eat half of one those things got to be big

[NatureBoff]

Isn't it kinda strange that both infants were perfectly preserved without being partially consumed by scavengers. They must have been both completely covered in mud without the herd being able to help them. My theory is that the land suddenly uplifted causing liquefaction followed by freezing from altitude.

[xXHellkittiesXx]

STEP 1: Extract DNA.

STEP 2: Clone it.

STEP 3: Gather fresh herbs, make a side of potatoes Au Gratin, choose a nice wine.

STEP 4: Lets eat!

[MissingAChance]

I'm surprised a moderator hasn't jumped all over you guys bashing each other.

[psyche101]

Scientists have already mapped part of the genome sequence...in the next 5-10 years they could clone a mammoth but I don't see a good reason for doing so.

We have enough problems protecting elephants already.

Maybe the Mammoths can take the focus of the Elephants.

This was found quite some time ago wasnlt it? I thought I read about this at NG a couple of years ago.

Pics - Including the find

Ice Baby A near-perfect frozen mammoth resurfaces after 40,000 years, bearing clues to a great vanished species.

Thought so, the second link is dated 2009, Still, stuff like this does not get old does it!

I thought David was quite funny!

Edited August 25, 2011 by psyche101

[psyche101]

Can they extract DNA from it?

Will a Mammoth Walk Again?

[BaneSilvermoon]

Maybe the Mammoths can take the focus of the Elephants.

This was found quite some time ago wasnlt it? I thought I read about this at NG a couple of years ago.

Pics - Including the find

Ice Baby A near-perfect frozen mammoth resurfaces after 40,000 years, bearing clues to a great vanished species.

Thought so, the second link is dated 2009, Still, stuff like this does not get old does it!

I thought David was quite funny!

Nah this is a second find. The one you linked to was compared to it in the article.

Will a Mammoth Walk Again?

Wouldn't the fertilization with frozen sperm path result in genetic diversity issues as you tried to get closer to a pure mammoth?

Edited September 18, 2011 by BaneSilvermoon

[Abramelin]

Isn't it kinda strange that both infants were perfectly preserved without being partially consumed by scavengers. They must have been both completely covered in mud without the herd being able to help them. My theory is that the land suddenly uplifted causing liquefaction followed by freezing from altitude.

Yeah, that's the "Velikovsky" theory.

A much simpler explanation is that the baby mammoth drowned in an ice lake and subsequently got frozen solid, or drownded during the breach of an ice-dam that caused an ice lake to empty during a flash-flood.

Btw: they talk about it being preserved by ice, not mud.