Woolly Mammoths
Secrets Form the Ice AgeBBC | Science | Nature | Animal | Mammoths
Can you imagine an elephant but with tusks at least twice the size of those born by an elephant living today? Can you imagine an elephant that covered with a thick shackle coat of hair, some of these hair are even meter in length. Can you imagine an elephant that live not in a warm as a tropics, but in the ice and snow up the north? They are the woolly Mammoth.
These majestic titan rules European Asia long before our own ancestor fell under their spell. Extinct of thousand of years, they are iconic yet mysterious. Climate change mean that the frozen north is melting faster than ever before prehistoric carcasses are emerging and from them we can unlock the secrets of these long lost beast. With the latest technology we can now answer the question about the mammoth which have long puzzled scientists. We're able to trace the evolution revealing the adaptation to one of the harshest places on the planet. And with every new find we take a step closer to answering the biggest questionable, why these magnificent animal suddenly go extinct.
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