Frozen Baby Mammoth.

• biltmore
  July 8th, 2007 at 7:24 pm

  Crazy!

• elizabeth
  July 8th, 2007 at 8:24 pm

  That’s amazing.

• Paul
  July 8th, 2007 at 9:08 pm

  I think I have a piece of bubble wrap around the house that would help these guys out. What’s up with the half-crate? Looks like these folks need to take a course in specimen preservation.

• Mr Pudifoot
  July 8th, 2007 at 9:15 pm

  When I see a creature like this, i can’t help but think “Gee, i wonder what they tasted like”

  does that make me a bad person?

• gail
  July 8th, 2007 at 9:24 pm

  I think people in Siberia have eaten them at times. They’re a little freezer burned, but, hey, protein is protein.

• gail
  July 8th, 2007 at 9:36 pm

  I’ve posted a 1920 account of mammoth-eating parties at my site:
  http://scribalterror.blogs.com/scribal_terror/2007/07/frozen-baby-mam. html

• Alex
  July 8th, 2007 at 11:23 pm

  I thought mammoths were furry! What happened to the fur?

• Mr Pudifoot
  July 8th, 2007 at 11:47 pm

  alex, nah, you are thinking of WOOLY mammoths. That there is a mexican hairless mammoth.

  don’t worry, its a common mistake.

• L.B. Jeffries
  July 9th, 2007 at 7:34 am

  I thought if you thawed something that had been frozen for centuries it came back to life.

  Does this mean the hamster’s in my freezer are…OH NO!!!!

• gail
  July 9th, 2007 at 7:37 am

  Probably at least as palatable as mammoth meat though. Bon appetit!

• Justin
  July 9th, 2007 at 9:27 am

  Wow it looks so intact. I wonder if they can recover any DNA from it.

• gail
  July 9th, 2007 at 9:39 am

  The original story says:
  Preparations are now being made to ship the baby mammoth to Jikei University School of Medicine, where researchers will use advanced computed tomography (CT) scanners to obtain three-dimensional images of its internal organs. “This is the first opportunity for anyone to perform an analysis on a complete mammoth body,” says Jikei University professor Naoki Suzuki, “and it should provide a more complete picture of its anatomy and how it lived.”
  But there’s no mention of DNA retrieval efforts. I’ll keep a lookout for any follow up stories

• Hula
  July 9th, 2007 at 10:28 am

  Cool.

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