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Woolly Rhino from Ice Age Unearthed in Russian Arctic

Natales 6y ago
Let's not be hypocritical. What we really want to know is: did you find/preserve intact DNA? If the answer is yes, I'm not even going to speculate what happens next. We just know it.
- dotancohen 6y ago
  What we really want to know is: How does it taste?
  - wazoox 6y ago
    AFAIK up until 100 years ago in Siberia people used dug up meat from mammoths or woolly rhinos to feed dogs...
    - EL_Loco 6y ago
      That would mean that there were plenty of mammoths around just underground, easy to find and within easy reach. If that is the case, wouldn't scientists flock to the area and collect them by the dozens?
      - wazoox 6y ago
        Fossil ivory trade was significant for Siberians for centuries, too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory#Alternative_sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory#Alternative_sources I think you underestimates the difficulty to travel across Siberia: almost no roads, no trains, few and scattered inhabitants, thousands of km of steppe in all directions... Huge parts of the country are basically only accessible by helicopter (which is extremely expensive). In fact they even used an heavy helicopter to bring back a whole mammoth to Moscow a few years ago.
  - hownottowrite 6y ago
    19,551 year old Mammoth is gamey as hell. Woolly Rhino is probably not so different though. https://shop.minimuseum.com/products/mammoth-meat https://shop.minimuseum.com/products/mammoth-meat
    - romanhn 6y ago
      What an amazing website, wish I found it before the holidays :-) Thanks for sharing!
  - pomian 6y ago
    I knew a fellow who used to tell the story, how his Dad was 'treated' with mammoth meat, when visiting Siberia. Would have been around 1900-10.
variable11 6y ago
Bring those bad boys back.
cbogie 6y ago
as the earth warms and more frozen carcasses of extinct species rich with in tact dna, we may see a version of the imagined jurassic park become reality. i don’t claim to understand how viable the process of growing a complete organism from dna is but it seems like it’s inevitable. interesting always how literary imaginations from the past drive some will to become reality to some extent. we should ritualize big imaginations.
- ianai 6y ago
  “ we should ritualize big imaginations”. Agree. If we can’t think big we probably fall prey to all the worst humanity has to offer (plagues, crusades, world war, etc). Also we should probably have a standing organization to revive endangered species. Maybe they could also reinforce critical species like bees.
- mathieubordere 6y ago
  If this were to happen one day, would these species have any chance of survival due to the fact that the microbial environment is probably very different today than it was in those days?
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jetzzz 6y ago
This article refers to male scientist as a woman. Many Russian news websites allow you to report mistakes in their articles by selecting text and pressing Ctrl+Enter which is really convenient. I wonder why English news websites don't have anything like this.
yannis 6y ago
Best at the source, with great photos, https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/a-well-preserved-woolly-rhino-with-its-last-meal-still-intact-found-in-the-extreme-north-of-yakutia/ https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/a-well-preserved...

Let's not be hypocritical. What we really want to know is: did you find/preserve intact DNA? If the answer is yes, I'm not even going to speculate what happens next. We just know it.

dotancohen 6y ago
What we really want to know is: How does it taste?
- wazoox 6y ago
  AFAIK up until 100 years ago in Siberia people used dug up meat from mammoths or woolly rhinos to feed dogs...
  - EL_Loco 6y ago
    That would mean that there were plenty of mammoths around just underground, easy to find and within easy reach. If that is the case, wouldn't scientists flock to the area and collect them by the dozens?
    - wazoox 6y ago
      Fossil ivory trade was significant for Siberians for centuries, too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory#Alternative_sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory#Alternative_sources I think you underestimates the difficulty to travel across Siberia: almost no roads, no trains, few and scattered inhabitants, thousands of km of steppe in all directions... Huge parts of the country are basically only accessible by helicopter (which is extremely expensive). In fact they even used an heavy helicopter to bring back a whole mammoth to Moscow a few years ago.
- hownottowrite 6y ago
  19,551 year old Mammoth is gamey as hell. Woolly Rhino is probably not so different though. https://shop.minimuseum.com/products/mammoth-meat https://shop.minimuseum.com/products/mammoth-meat
  - romanhn 6y ago
    What an amazing website, wish I found it before the holidays :-) Thanks for sharing!
- pomian 6y ago
  I knew a fellow who used to tell the story, how his Dad was 'treated' with mammoth meat, when visiting Siberia. Would have been around 1900-10.

variable11 6y ago

Bring those bad boys back.

cbogie 6y ago

as the earth warms and more frozen carcasses of extinct species rich with in tact dna, we may see a version of the imagined jurassic park become reality. i don’t claim to understand how viable the process of growing a complete organism from dna is but it seems like it’s inevitable. interesting always how literary imaginations from the past drive some will to become reality to some extent. we should ritualize big imaginations.

ianai 6y ago
“ we should ritualize big imaginations”. Agree. If we can’t think big we probably fall prey to all the worst humanity has to offer (plagues, crusades, world war, etc). Also we should probably have a standing organization to revive endangered species. Maybe they could also reinforce critical species like bees.
mathieubordere 6y ago
If this were to happen one day, would these species have any chance of survival due to the fact that the microbial environment is probably very different today than it was in those days?
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jetzzz 6y ago

This article refers to male scientist as a woman. Many Russian news websites allow you to report mistakes in their articles by selecting text and pressing Ctrl+Enter which is really convenient. I wonder why English news websites don't have anything like this.

yannis 6y ago

Best at the source, with great photos, https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/a-well-preserved-woolly-rhino-with-its-last-meal-still-intact-found-in-the-extreme-north-of-yakutia/ https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/a-well-preserved...