Jarkov Mammoth

[legion]

Remember 10 years ago?

The Discovery Channel did a huge special on the recovery of the Jarkov Mammoth in Siberia. The show was actually pretty boring and ended with the mammoth, in a huge block of ice, being airlifted to a cave for storage.'

They did a follow-up special a year later, that was heavy on facts about mammoths, but ended with the mammoth encased in almost as much ice as at the end of the first special.

And that's the last I've heard of it. I did a quick search, and all information on the mammoth seems to have stopped after 2001.

[Jagshund]

You're right. Reports of the find pretty much dropped off the face of the planet after 2001.

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

The Jarkov Mammoth was recovered from a 23 tonne frozen block and transported to Khatanga under the supervision of French mammoth-hunter Bernard Buigues.[4]

It currently resides in an ice cave where over thirty-six scientists from all over the world, including Russian mammoth expert Alexei Tikhonov, study the find. The excavation and ongoing study of the Jarkov Mammoth has been recorded by the Discovery Channel.[4]

Bone marrow and Pleistocene plant samples have been removed and sent to various laboratories for analysis as the mammoth thaws. As of 2001, the intactness of the mammoth is unknown. Over 50 samples from the Jarkov Mammoth have been carbon-14 dated. Indications are that mammoths roamed the Taimyr region for tens of thousands of years.[4]

Scientists have determined that there were two periods when the mammoths left the region, either in search of food or to escape flooding: 34,000 to 30,000 BC and 17,000 to 12,000 BC. The Jarkov Mammoth is believed to have lived between these two periods, circa 18,380 BC.[4]

[Rikao4]

not sure if if this the same animal...
but recently they figured out some details about it's blood..
hemaglobin is 'optimized' one guy referred to it as..
anti-freeze like..(to function in extreme low temps.)

Rika

[porsche4life]

Well... It was in the possession of the Russian government...... I wouldn't rule anything out....

[A930Rocket]

Probably made into goolash (sp?) and fed to prisoners in the gulags by now.

And Putin is probably wearing Mamoth fur underwear to accent his manliness...

[Jim Richards]

'Pixie Dust' made from mammoth bladders grows powerful limbs of Russian super-soldiers | Mail Online

[masraum]

There was an article in National Geographic about a baby mammoth. I'm not sure if it's the same mammoth or not.

[legion]

Originally Posted by masraum

There was an article in National Geographic about a baby mammoth. I'm not sure if it's the same mammoth or not.

It's not. The baby mammoth was discovered in 2007 or 2008.

[varmint]

it was delicious.