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Frozen Baby Mammoth.

By gail in Animal on Jul 8, 2007 at 7:17 pm


mammoth

Don’t blame me, it’s been dead for 10,000 years. Kinda cute though, don’t you think? From Pink Tentacle


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  1. biltmore
    Jul 8th, 2007 at 7:24 pm

    Crazy!

  2. elizabeth
    Jul 8th, 2007 at 8:24 pm

    That's amazing.

  3. Paul
    Jul 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.

  4. Mr Pudifoot
    Jul 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?

  5. gail
    Jul 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.

  6. gail
    Jul 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

  7. Alex
    Jul 8th, 2007 at 11:23 pm

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

  8. Mr Pudifoot
    Jul 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.

  9. L.B. Jeffries
    Jul 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!!!!

  10. gail
    Jul 9th, 2007 at 7:37 am

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

  11. Justin
    Jul 9th, 2007 at 9:27 am

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

  12. gail
    Jul 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

  13. Hula
    Jul 9th, 2007 at 10:28 am

    Cool.

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