Perfectly preserved Ice Age cave bear found in Arctic Russia

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Reindeer herders in a Russian Arctic archipelago have found an immaculately preserved carcass of an Ice Age cave bear, researchers said Monday.

The find, revealed by the melting permafrost, was discovered on the Lyakhovsky Islands with its teeth and even its nose intact. Previously scientists only had been able to discover the bones of cave bears that became extinct 15,000 years ago.

Scientists of the North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, the premier center for research into woolly mammoths and other prehistoric species, hailed the find as groundbreaking.

In a statement issued by the university, researcher Lena Grigorieva emphasized that “this is the first and only find of its kind — a whole bear carcass with soft tissues.”

“It is completely preserved, with all internal organs in place, including even its nose,” Grigorieva said. “This find is of great importance for the whole world.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/perfectly-preserved-ice-age-cave-bear-found-in-arctic-russia/ar-BB191C7U?li=BBnb7Kz

[czarjak]

1. Good thing it made it to The Arc?

[gristy]

2. Time to get cloning!

That would be really cool. Certainly we have more important tasks at hand right now, but if the ship is going down, maybe we can do something interesting in the meantime?

[jcgoldie]

3. Should we be maybe disturbed that 22,000 year old ice is melting?

Ahh scientists don't really know so glad Trump reassured us today...

[smirkymonkey]

4. +1000