Lyuba is the name of a well-preserved baby mammoth carcass that was discovered in 2007 by a reindeer herder in Siberia. Lyuba was just about one month old when she died some 40,000 years ago. The baby mammoth is the focus of the National Geographic documentary Waking the Baby Mammoth which airs on Sunday, April 26, 2009.USAToday.com: 'pickled' Baby Mammoth Opens Window to Ice Age (April 21, 2009)
Waking the Baby Mammoth
The National Geographic channel will air Waking the Baby Mammoth on Sunday, April 26, 2009, at 9:00 p.m. EST. Lyuba will also be featured in National Geographic magazine in their May 2009 issue.National Geographic Magazine: Baby Mammoth Photo: Milk, Feces Part of Calf's Diet (April 20, 2009)
Lyuba News
National Geographic Magazine: Mammoths: Ice Baby
Wikipedia: Lyuba
National Geographic Magazine: Baby Mammoth Photo: Milk, Feces Part of Calf's Diet (April 20, 2009)
NY Daily News: Baby mammoth Lyuba, pristinely preserved, offers scientists rare look into mysteries of Ice Age (April 21, 2009)
USAToday.com: 'pickled' Baby Mammoth Opens Window to Ice Age (April 21, 2009)
Archaeology.org: Top 10 Discoveries of 2007 - Lyuba the Baby Mammoth, Yamal Peninsula, Russia
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Found in May 2007, on the Yamal Peninsula in northwestern SiberiaNational Geographic Magazine: Mammoths: Ice Baby
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Discovered by Yuri Khudi, local a reindeer herder
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Found to have died about 40,000 years ago after carbon-14 testingNational Geographic Magazine: Mammoths: Ice Baby
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Lyuba's body was extremely well preserved
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Skeleton, eyes, teeth, organs and soft tissues were intactNational Geographic Magazine: Mammoths: Ice Baby
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DNA was preserved
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Was about one month old when she died
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Lyuba's trunk and windpipe was filled with sediment which helped to determine that she died of suffocation after falling into a muddy riverNational Geographic Magazine: Mammoths: Ice Baby
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Researchers determined that Lyuba had literally been "pickled" due to lactobacilli in the mudNational Geographic Magazine: Mammoths: Ice Baby
