Yevgeny Salinder, an 11-year old Russian boy, is the one who discovered the massive remains of the mammoth in August. The mammoth, estimated to be at its 16 year when it died measured 2 meters and weighed 1,000 pounds, was excavated from the Siberian permafrost last month. ”It is the mammoth of the century,” said Professor Alexei Tikhonov of the Zoological Museum in St Petersburg.

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Giant mammoth carcass in Siberian frost

3. • Yevgeny Salinder, an 11-year old Russian
boy, is the one who discovered the
massive remains of the mammoth in
August.
• The mammoth, estimated to be at its 16
year when it died measured 2 meters and
weighed 1,000 pounds, was excavated
from the Siberian permafrost last month.
• ”It is the mammoth of the century,” said
Professor Alexei Tikhonov of the
Zoological Museum in St Petersburg.

4. According to a Russian scientist, the well-preserved
mammoth could be attacked by another mammoth or an
Ice Age man. It was best preserved remains of a mature
mammoth but its DNA was already damaged and would be
difficult to use for cloning.

5. • The International Mammoth Committee
working to recover and protect ancient
remains: “We had to use both traditional
instruments such as axes, picks, shovels as
well as such devices as this „steamer‟
which allowed us to thaw a thin layer of
permafrost. Then we cleaned it off, and
then we melted more of it. It took us a
week to complete this task.”

6. • A group of researchers from different
countries have visited the site in
September and they were surprised to see
that the remains were not only made up of
bones but in fact, complete with hair, one
tusk and soft tissues.

7. “We can see that this
animal was very well
adapted to the northern
environment, accumula
ting massive amounts
of fat. This animal
likely died during the
summer period as we
can‟t see much of its
undercoat, but it had
already accumulated a
sufficient amount of
fat,” said Aleksey
Tikhonov from the
Russian Academy of
Sciences .

8. • Principal analysis on the creature‟s remains has
disproved that the big humps on mammoths
depicted in cave paintings in European countries
were not actually extension of their bone
structure but great reserves of fat that helped
them manipulate their body temperature during
long winter seasons.
• The mammoth, named as Zhenya after the 11-
year old boy, is set to be the main exhibit in the
Taimyr Regional Museum and will be
transferred to the Russian Academy of Sciences.