Frozen Baby Mammoth.

Crazy!

That's amazing.

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

don't worry, its a common mistake.

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!!!!

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

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

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

Cool.