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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussian scientists make rare find of 'blood' in mammoth
A researcher in Yakutsk on May 13 next to a carcass of a female mammoth found on an island in the Arctic Ocean. Russian scientists claimed Wednesday they have discovered blood in the carcass of a woolly mammoth, adding that the rare find could boost their chances of cloning the prehistoric animal.
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Russian scientists claimed Wednesday they have discovered blood in the carcass of a woolly mammoth, adding that the rare find could boost their chances of cloning the prehistoric animal.
An expedition led by Russian scientists earlier this month uncovered the well-preserved carcass of a female mammoth on a remote island in the Arctic Ocean.
Semyon Grigoryev, the head of the expedition, said the animal died at the age of around 60 some 10,000 to 15,000 years ago, and that it was the first time that an old female had been found.
But what was more surprising was that the carcass was so well preserved that it still had blood and muscle tissue.
http://phys.org/news/2013-05-russian-scientists-rare-blood-mammoth.html
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Russian scientists make rare find of 'blood' in mammoth (Original Post)
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May 2013
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JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,362 posts)1. If they clone it, they better protect it.
Poachers would love to get some fresh mammoth ivory. And someone would pay big for it.
DJ13
(23,671 posts)4. That, plus it wont have any immunity to today's infections and viruses
It would need complete seclusion from the outside world.
It carries a devastating old virus we no longer have immunity to.
..and kinda frightening.
I can't wait to get one!
The cats will not be pleased.
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)3. Close-up of red muscle tissue...amazing. Weird. Seems legit though.
The suspicion that it might have had a type of "anti-freeze" in its blood is intriguing.
PB
RC
(25,592 posts)6. Why would it need any antifreeze? The animal was warm blooded.
eShirl
(18,502 posts)7. resistance to frostbite
xchrom
(108,903 posts)5. Du rec. Nt
kentuck
(111,110 posts)10. Color me skeptical...
until I can see more sources.