Brain Post: Frozen Woolly Mammoth Found in Russia with Flowing Blood | Clone It?

PRESERVED MAMMOTH FACTS:

– a preserved full grown Woolly Mammoth with flowing blood and preserved muscle tissue was found for the 1st time ever in Siberia

– Russian scientists found this Mammoth in the Lyakhovsky Islands in the Arctic Sea in Russia’s northeast

– It appears that Mammoth blood has a type of antifreeze built into it.  “For now our suspicion is that mammoth blood contains a kind of natural anti-freeze.” – Semyon Grigori

– Mammoths became extinct about 4,000 – 10,000 years ago

– Given the well preserved state of the DNA in the blood of this Mammoth, it would most likely be possible to clone and potentially raise a Woolly Mammoth today

– “It is the first time we managed to obtain mammoth blood. No-one has ever seen before how the mammoth’s blood flows.”

“The approximate age of this animal is about 10,000 years old. It has been preserved thanks to the special conditions, due to the fact that it did not defrost and then freeze again.”

“We suppose that the mammoth fell into water or got bogged down in a swamp, could not free herself and died.”

“Due to this fact the lower part of the body, including the lower jaw, and tongue tissue, was preserved very well.”

“The upper torso and two legs, which were in the soil, were gnawed by prehistoric and modern predators and almost did not survive.” 

“This is the best preserved mammoth in the history of palaeontology.” – scientist Semyon Grigoriev told the Siberian Times