Extremely rare baby mammoth found in Siberia
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Russian scientists on Monday showed off the remarkably well preserved remains of a baby mammoth found in the permafrost-covered region of Yakutia.
The carcass was shown at the Federal University of the North East in the regional capital of Yakutsk, the institution said in a statement.
The carcass was dug up near the Batagaika research station where the remains of other prehistoric animals—a horse, a bison and a lemming—have also been found.
Before this discovery, only six mammoth carcasses had been found in the world—five in Russia and one in Canada, the university said.
Yakutia is a remote region bordering the Arctic Ocean. Its permafrost acts like a giant freezer which preserves the remains of prehistoric animals.
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