The scientists had found that some prehistoric or special ancient animals that are frozen in the ice. Some of them are very well preserved, found the same as time goes by. Today, we have a list of ancient animals that found frozen in the ice.
The Yuka Mammoth
The mammoth, named Yuka, was discovered in Siberia permafrost in August 2010. It is regarded as one of the best-preserved mammoths ever discovered. An analysis of the teeth and tusks determined Yuka died around 6-8 years old and it was speculated that this mammoth was probably attacked by other predators. However, there is no evidence that the mammoths were killed by predators. The most unusual thing about this 39,000-year-old mammoth is that it was mummified and had the most complete mammoth brain ever found, with folds and blood vessels still visible.
Horned Lark
In 2018, a frozen bird was found by local fossil ivory hunters near the village of Belaya Gora in north-eastern Siberia. The birds seem to die nonviolently before they are quickly frozen, so their bodies have been preserved for thousands of years. It was so well preserved by ice that researchers initially mistook it for an animal that had died the previous day. Scientists at the Swedish Museum of Natural History determined that the Ice Age specimen was a horned lark. Radiocarbon dating shows the bird lived around 46,000 years ago.
The Yuka Mammoth
The mammoth, named Yuka, was discovered in Siberia permafrost in August 2010. It is regarded as one of the best-preserved mammoths ever discovered. An analysis of the teeth and tusks determined Yuka died around 6-8 years old and it was speculated that this mammoth was probably attacked by other predators. However, there is no evidence that the mammoths were killed by predators. The most unusual thing about this 39,000-year-old mammoth is that it was mummified and had the most complete mammoth brain ever found, with folds and blood vessels still visible.
Horned Lark
In 2018, a frozen bird was found by local fossil ivory hunters near the village of Belaya Gora in north-eastern Siberia. The birds seem to die nonviolently before they are quickly frozen, so their bodies have been preserved for thousands of years. It was so well preserved by ice that researchers initially mistook it for an animal that had died the previous day. Scientists at the Swedish Museum of Natural History determined that the Ice Age specimen was a horned lark. Radiocarbon dating shows the bird lived around 46,000 years ago.
