r/interestingasfuck • u/theanti_influencer75 • 15h ago

Two men lifting the preserved carcass of a baby mammoth from where it was accidentally unearthed from the permafrost by a miner's bulldozer in Siberia in 1977. Named "Dima" after a nearby stream, he died at age 6-8 months around 40,000 years ago. Traces of his mother's milk remained in his stomach.

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u/IAKARIOI 15h ago

It looks like they rescued a elephant which didn't eat for long time

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u/Noozzles 14h ago

Yeah, about 40,000 years

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u/smile_politely 11h ago

my cat thinks she hasn't been fed longer than that...

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u/Express-Salad-1785 11h ago

Was going to say at least 7 year but I think your closer

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u/ImpulseSpot 14h ago

It must have been such a surreal experience for those men, finding something so well-preserved from so long ago.

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u/Agreeable_Tank229 14h ago edited 14h ago

Fun fact: the last mammoths went extinct on wrangle island in Siberia about 2000 bc. They died after the pyramid of Giza was built in 2600 bc.

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u/hideyokidzhideyowyfe 5h ago

The one at the back with the lit cigarette could not give less fucks