Wow- 6 prehistoric creatures found trapped in ice! (including short video of the Yuka Mammoth Find!)

Paleontology fascinates me, from fossils to findings of actual remains of mammals or dinosaurs, and recently How it Works Magazine provided this great article on 5 creatures that were found at least partially preserved from ice. When I was putting the story together, I also found a short video from BBC News about another, and older Mammoth that was uncovered from ice

Here's the amazing story and photos. 

 (Caption: Woolly mammoths and prehistoric bison are among the prehistoric creatures found trapped in frozen time capsule of Siberia. (Image credit: Getty Images/Science Photo Library - LEONELLO CALVETTI))

Frozen in time: 5 prehistoric creatures found trapped in ice 

By Amy Grisdale, How It Works magazine June 4, 2021 

 

Here are 5 of the most famous prehistoric creatures found preserved in the frozen depths of Siberia.

Artist's depiction of woolly mammoths and ancient bison roaming a frozen plain. Woolly mammoths and prehistoric bison are among the prehistoric creatures found trapped in frozen time capsule of Siberia. 

(Image credit: Getty Images/Science Photo Library - LEONELLO CALVETTI) These frozen prehistoric animals are superbly well-preserved and now famous around the world.

1. Woolly rhino baby named Sasha Preserved body of Sasha the woolly rhino.

Preserved body of Sasha the woolly rhino. (Image credit: Yakutian Academy of Sciences) This woolly rhino baby, affectionately named Sasha by the man who found it, was the first young member of its species ever found. It's unclear if it is male or female, but the horn size suggests it had been weaned by the time it died. It roamed the mammoth steppe, a dry, cold region from Spain to Siberia.

(The mysterious mummy kitten lying on its back.   Image credit: Courtesy of Anastasia Koryakina)

2. Lion or lynx The mysterious mummy kitten lying on its back. 

Scientists unearthed a squashed, mummified cat in eastern Siberia in 2017. It could either be a lynx kitten or a cave lion cub. Its coat is in beautiful condition, but we can't be sure of the species as we don't really know what a cave lion looked like.

(Caption: Lyuba, one of the perfectly preserved frozen baby mammoths. (Image credit: University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology) )

3. Mammoth calves Photo of Lyuba, a frozen baby mammoth. 

Explorers unearthed two mammoth calves dating to about 40,000 years ago in two different areas of Siberia. Researchers took a closer look at the specimens using CT scans and discovered that both baby mammoths had choked on mud. The little mammoths appeared otherwise plump and healthy when they met their demise.

Image: The almost perfectly preserved bison mummy was found on the shore of a lake in northern Siberia. (Image credit: Dr. Gennady Boeskorov) )

4. Ancient bison The almost perfectly preserved bison mummy was found on the shore of a lake in northern Siberia.

The almost perfectly preserved bison mummy was found on the shore of a lake in northern Siberia. The most complete steppe bison specimen ever found is 9,000 years old. It has a complete heart, brain and digestive system, along with near-perfect blood vessels. Some organs have shrunk over time but are remarkable, nonetheless.

(Image: Frozen in ice for millennia, this Siberian mummy is the best-preserved ancient horse ever found. (Image credit: Michil Yakovlev/SVFU/The Siberian Times))

5. Frozen foal Frozen in ice for millennia, this Siberian mummy is the best-preserved ancient horse ever found.

Frozen in ice for millennia, this Siberian mummy is the best-preserved ancient horse ever found.  A two-month-old horse that died between 30,000 and 40,000 years ago made its way approximately 100 meters (328 feet) below the surface, deep in a Siberian crater. In life, the young horse stood almost 1 m (3 feet) tall, and its hooves are still intact, along with tiny hairs that are still visible inside the foal's nostrils.

Video: https://youtu.be/ZOFf1wyx91M

6. VIDEO:  The Perfectly Preserved Frozen Yuka Mammoth Mummy - Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice - BBC Two

Yuka is the best-preserved woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) carcass ever found. It was discovered by local Siberian tusk hunters in 2010.^[1][2] They turned it over to local scientists, who made an initial assessment of the carcass in 2012.^[  It is displayed in Moscow.