Mammoth for the President
Putin intends to clone a mammoth
It is reported that a separate exhibition was placed especially for Putin, which contained the most unique finds of ancient animals. In particular, Putin contemplated the only complete mammoth skeleton. And a complete skeleton is considered if 75% of the bones belong to one animal.
The head of the museum told the president that since 2010 it has been possible to collect more than 4 thousand copies. One of them is a dog mummy, which is 12.5 thousand years old.
"Is this the time of the mammoths?" Putin asked. Semyon Grigoriev, the head of the museum, answered this question in the affirmative, noting that this find is also the only one in the world.
In addition, the Malolyakhovsky mammoth is located in the museum. He was found on the shore of Maly Lyakhovsky Island. Soft tissues and even liquid blood were preserved on the carcass of the female mammoth. The age of the animal is 28 thousand years.
Putin was interested in the question of whether the materials found were suitable for cloning this animal: "Soft tissues have been preserved. So it can be cloned?"
The museum staff explained that there is close cooperation with scientists from South Korea in this direction.
Earlier it was reported that in Yakutsk the mammoth will be disassembled into molecules and will try to clone.
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