Baby mammoth goes on display in UK

[dipsydoodle]

A perfectly preserved baby mammoth which died 42,000 years ago has been unveiled at the Natural History Museum in London.

Named Lyuba by the Siberian deer herder who discovered her in 2007, the specimen is 130cm tall and weighs 50kg.

Palaeontologist Prof Adrian Lister described seeing her for the first time as an "incredible experience".

Transported in a box that was opened on Monday, the juvenile female mammoth looked almost intact.

Prof Lister pointed out the small milk tusks that are barely visible, the almost flattened shape of the trunk designed to drink water from snow and a small layer of fat on top of the head which would have kept her warm in the permafrost of north-west Siberia.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27477167

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Amazing! To think the poor, little thing died 42,000 years ago.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

6. sweet little creature....

I'd like to meet her with my babies at the Rainbow Bridge one day..... :sniffle:

[allan01]

2. re:Baby mammoth goes on display in UK

because of firefox yet again(file not found ), i had to go open safari to read this story, which was cool. thanks for posting.

[TNNurse]

3. I guess the folks at the

"Creation Museum" would take issue with the age and display her with small children at play.

[packman]

4. No-not children

Jesus would be riding him, instead of a donkey, into Jerusalem with crowds waving palms.

[TNNurse]

5. I am afraid

That you are correct.....

[efhmc]

7. 68,000 year old mammoth dig outside of Waco is an amazing place.

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