Frozen mammoth on display in Japan

A frozen mammoth dug up from the Siberian tundra was unveiled in central Japan on Friday in a preview of the six-month World Exposition, expected to draw millions of tourists.

The beast, believed to have lived 18,000 years ago and preserved in a giant refrigerator, is a key exhibit of the Expo, which will open to the public one week later and will largely feature more modern wonders such as robots. . .

The extinct mammoth on display [as opposed to the not-extinct one? -- D.] has a nearly intact soil-colored head covered with muscle tissue and some woolly hair, along with tusks and a front leg. . .

A group of Russian and Japanese scientists are also hoping to clone mammoths from remains of the animal by using elephant eggs.

Posted by David on March 22, 2005 9:21 AM