On an Island north of Siberia, frozen remains of a mammoth have been discovered with blood that is STILL liquid! The 10,000-year-old beast was found on one of the Lyakhovsky Islands in the Novosibirsk archipelago off the northern coast of Siberia. Researchers from the Northeastern Federal University in Yakutsk poked the remains with an ice pick and, incredibly, blood flowed out.
Since the temperature during excavation was -7 to -10 degrees celsius, the scientist say that “It may be assumed that the blood of mammoths had some cryoprotective properties”.
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wow
ReplyDeleteWhoa! Still liquid???
ReplyDeleteYeah.. still
ReplyDeleteI wonder if bears have that, too
ReplyDeleteWaiting for Mammoth Clone :)
ReplyDeleteMe too, any time now.
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