The remains of a woolly mammoth that lived during the Ice Age were found in Siberia. The carcass of the animal is well preserved thanks to the permafrost. The leading researcher of the mammoth fauna research department at the Academy of Sciences told about this to the Yakutia 24 TV channel region Valery Plotnikov .
It is noted that the body of the animal is better preserved than previously found specimens of this species. Plotnikov stressed that the find contains all the limbs, part of the internal organs and a horn. “A small nasal horn has also survived – this is a rarity, since it decomposes rather quickly. During the study, traces of wear were found on it, that is, the rhinoceros used it actively for food,” the scientist explained.
He added that soft tissue was found in the back of the torso – possibly the genitals and part of the intestines. By examining the animal’s excrement, scientists will be able to restore the paleoenvironment of that period.
Plotnikov also said that the age of the rhino was three to four years, that is, he was a teenager: he had already switched from lactation to plant food, but continued to live with his mother. He died, according to scientists, falling into a hole or a ravine.
American scientists earlier established that woolly mammoths on Wrangel Island in the Arctic became extinct due to hereditary diseases formed against the background of a lack of genetic diversity.
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