A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found

Kane52630 · 04-21-2009, 08:02 PM

By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY
A baby mammoth dubbed Lyuba had her brief life cut short in a swamp 40,000 years ago, but the well-preserved specimen will provide the world a window into the extinct creatures from the Ice Age.

REPORTER Q&A: Read Dan Vergano's answers to your questions

Discovered in 2007, the 1-month-old mammoth died suddenly, probably trapped in mud. "She was doing great, very healthy," says paleontologist Dan Fisher of the University of Michigan, part of the international team researching Lyuba. "She just had this terrible misfortune."

Lyuba appears in the May National Geographic and in Waking the Baby Mammoth Sunday (9 p.m. ET/PT) on the National Geographic Channel. She's perhaps the best-preserved mammoth ever discovered: Lyuba's skin and internal organs appear intact, as well as traces of mother's milk found in her stomach. The only damage to the mammoth, which is less than 3 feet tall, are bite marks from village dogs.

Covered in coarse hair, the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, roamed Eurasia and western North America at least 200,000 to 10,000 years ago. Dozens of partly intact woolly mammoths have been uncovered from Siberia's tundra, but Lyuba exhibits remarkable preservation. "She's all there," Fisher says. Preliminary analysis by Fisher and colleagues suggests the clay and silt that swallowed up the baby mammoth effectively "pickled" her.

[A] · 04-21-2009, 08:13 PM

no, kid, you can't keep it

Johnny Drama · 04-21-2009, 08:14 PM

Weird...

Kane52630 · 04-21-2009, 08:19 PM

click here for more pics
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/20...le-photography

Johnny Drama · 04-21-2009, 08:23 PM

No thanks...

Kane52630 · 04-21-2009, 08:24 PM

why not? its science!

The Guard · 04-21-2009, 09:54 PM

That's a damn elephant.

.

bunk · 04-21-2009, 10:01 PM

40,000 years ago? This is clearly satan tempting us.

[A] · 04-21-2009, 10:03 PM

there's no satan

chaseter · 04-21-2009, 10:10 PM

We already found one.

*nvm...look at the date.

Ender Durden · 04-21-2009, 10:10 PM

where are the massive tusks?!?!

psshh

PSSSSSSHHHH i say!

chaseter · 04-21-2009, 10:12 PM

That kid looks totally sad that he will never be able to rid it

Kane52630 · 04-21-2009, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ender Durden

where are the massive tusks?!?!

psshh

PSSSSSSHHHH i say!

its a baby mammoth, they dont have tusks

Ender Durden · 04-21-2009, 10:22 PM

[B]PSSHHHHH[/B]

chaseter · 04-21-2009, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kane52630

its a baby mammoth, they dont have tusks

And, that is why he failed at life.

Ender Durden · 04-21-2009, 10:32 PM

zactly.

it is a cute lil thing tho, give credit where its due.

Drakon · 04-21-2009, 10:46 PM

VIDEO-CLick to Watch!:

The Guard · 04-21-2009, 11:23 PM

I used to watch that religiously...for some reason...

Timstuff · 04-22-2009, 12:17 AM

I used to watch it all the time too, because it came on right before Sonic the Hedgehog.

Mike_D202 · 04-22-2009, 12:29 AM

check out the cute little tusks!

EDIT*

nevermind, those aren't tusks.

Spidey-Bat · 04-22-2009, 12:30 AM

Interesting discovery. Drowning in mud is a nasty way to go to though. Poor baby mammoth.

chaseter · 04-22-2009, 01:09 AM

It's okay...he doesn't remember it.

**Dew k. Mosi** · 04-22-2009, 02:51 AM

Poor Baby

AnorexicBatman · 04-22-2009, 04:44 AM

BRING I BACK TO LIFE!!! IT WILL BE AWESOME!!!

No really, some bio-technologists and researchers in Japan have been trying to clone Mammoth DNA... this is a perfect specimen...

Nirvana · 04-22-2009, 06:20 AM

I think it's fascinating that they found that Mammoth. If I'm in Chicago next year I'll definitely check it out.

04-21-2009, 08:02 PM	#1
Kane52630 RAM User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Skynet Posts: 52,231	A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY A baby mammoth dubbed Lyuba had her brief life cut short in a swamp 40,000 years ago, but the well-preserved specimen will provide the world a window into the extinct creatures from the Ice Age. REPORTER Q&A: Read Dan Vergano's answers to your questions Discovered in 2007, the 1-month-old mammoth died suddenly, probably trapped in mud. "She was doing great, very healthy," says paleontologist Dan Fisher of the University of Michigan, part of the international team researching Lyuba. "She just had this terrible misfortune." Lyuba appears in the May National Geographic and in Waking the Baby Mammoth Sunday (9 p.m. ET/PT) on the National Geographic Channel. She's perhaps the best-preserved mammoth ever discovered: Lyuba's skin and internal organs appear intact, as well as traces of mother's milk found in her stomach. The only damage to the mammoth, which is less than 3 feet tall, are bite marks from village dogs. Covered in coarse hair, the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, roamed Eurasia and western North America at least 200,000 to 10,000 years ago. Dozens of partly intact woolly mammoths have been uncovered from Siberia's tundra, but Lyuba exhibits remarkable preservation. "She's all there," Fisher says. Preliminary analysis by Fisher and colleagues suggests the clay and silt that swallowed up the baby mammoth effectively "pickled" her. __________________ Follow My BTAS Gif Blog Kane52630 GFX/Art Thread PSN ID: KANE52630 Batman-News.com Starve the Ego Feed the Soul

04-21-2009, 08:13 PM	#2
[A] Banned User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Tenpenny Tower. Posts: 18,740	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found no, kid, you can't keep it

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04-21-2009, 08:19 PM	#4
Kane52630 RAM User Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Skynet Posts: 52,231	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found click here for more pics http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/20...le-photography __________________ Follow My BTAS Gif Blog Kane52630 GFX/Art Thread PSN ID: KANE52630 Batman-News.com Starve the Ego Feed the Soul

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Johnny Drama Anti-Hero Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Meow! Posts: 12,198	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found No thanks... __________________ When Goffam iz ashez, U haz my permishun 2 die

04-21-2009, 08:24 PM	#6
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04-21-2009, 09:54 PM	#7
The Guard Side-Kick Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 23,119	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found That's a damn elephant. . __________________ Writer and Lyricist of GOTHAM'S KNIGHT: THE BATMAN MUSICAL And if I'm right The future's looking bright A symbol in the skies at night

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04-21-2009, 10:03 PM	#9
[A] Banned User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Tenpenny Tower. Posts: 18,740	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found there's no satan

04-21-2009, 10:10 PM	#10
chaseter Bland User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denver Posts: 41,456	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found We already found one. nvm...look at the date. __________________ Kid, you're holding up the line of 2 people. You can leave a penny, you can't take a penny. You can leave a penny anytime. You have to spend $10 to take a penny. Store policy. Since when has this been store policy? Uh, since my boss made up the policy. You gonna pay? You're holding up my line of one other person. You can't afford your milk, step aside. What, daddy didn't give you enough milk money? Little baby gonna cry about it? Just step aside. And that is how Uncle Ben dies.*

04-21-2009, 10:10 PM	#11
Ender Durden Side-Kick Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,046	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found where are the massive tusks?!?! psshh *PSSSSSSHHHH* i say! __________________ You know, if my dog was as ugly as you, I'd shave it's butt and tell it to walk backwards - Porter

04-21-2009, 10:12 PM	#12
chaseter Bland User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denver Posts: 41,456	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found That kid looks totally sad that he will never be able to rid it __________________ Kid, you're holding up the line of 2 people. You can leave a penny, you can't take a penny. You can leave a penny anytime. You have to spend $10 to take a penny. Store policy. Since when has this been store policy? Uh, since my boss made up the policy. You gonna pay? You're holding up my line of one other person. You can't afford your milk, step aside. What, daddy didn't give you enough milk money? Little baby gonna cry about it? Just step aside. And that is how Uncle Ben dies.

04-21-2009, 10:22 PM	#14
Ender Durden Side-Kick Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,046	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found [B]PSSHHHHH[/B] __________________ You know, if my dog was as ugly as you, I'd shave it's butt and tell it to walk backwards - Porter

04-21-2009, 10:32 PM	#16
Ender Durden Side-Kick Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,046	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found zactly. it is a cute lil thing tho, give credit where its due. __________________ You know, if my dog was as ugly as you, I'd shave it's butt and tell it to walk backwards - Porter

04-21-2009, 10:46 PM	#17
Drakon I got a rock. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Right Behind You... Posts: 28,242	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found VIDEO-CLick to Watch!:

04-21-2009, 11:23 PM	#18
The Guard Side-Kick Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 23,119	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found I used to watch that religiously...for some reason... __________________ Writer and Lyricist of GOTHAM'S KNIGHT: THE BATMAN MUSICAL And if I'm right The future's looking bright A symbol in the skies at night

04-22-2009, 12:17 AM	#19
Timstuff Banned User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 19,920	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found I used to watch it all the time too, because it came on right before Sonic the Hedgehog.

04-22-2009, 12:29 AM	#20
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04-22-2009, 01:09 AM	#22
chaseter Bland User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denver Posts: 41,456	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found It's okay...he doesn't remember it. __________________ Kid, you're holding up the line of 2 people. You can leave a penny, you can't take a penny. You can leave a penny anytime. You have to spend $10 to take a penny. Store policy. Since when has this been store policy? Uh, since my boss made up the policy. You gonna pay? You're holding up my line of one other person. You can't afford your milk, step aside. What, daddy didn't give you enough milk money? Little baby gonna cry about it? Just step aside. And that is how Uncle Ben dies.

04-22-2009, 02:51 AM	#23
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04-22-2009, 06:20 AM	#25
Nirvana Slowly Losing My Mind Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: FL Posts: 9,331	Re: A Preserved Mammoth is Finally Found I think it's fascinating that they found that Mammoth. If I'm in Chicago next year I'll definitely check it out. __________________ What would you do if I sang out of tune, Would you stand up and walk out on me? Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song, And I'll try not to sing out of key.

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