On Sun, 12 September 1999, "Anders Heerfordt" wrote:

> 
> >
> Haven't heard of this till today....a wolly male mammoth was
> found in 1997 in Siberia by natives.
> <
> 
> A hundred years ago findings of mammoth were far more common than now, as far as
> I know. If eggs and sperm had been preserved in liquid nitrogen, the chances
> would have been much better of ressurecting the mammoth...
> 
> I wish we knew what killed them. A large meteor hitting the earth 11000 years
> ago, or something else?
> 
> Regards, Anders
> 

Anders,

Yes, over time alot of carcasses have been found.  Some
stuffed, mounted etc, mainly by the Russians.  Impression
I seem to pick up is that the natives of Siberia, fairly
infrequently come across these remains, but are more
concerned with the money that the pieces and parts will
bring in.  Often, it seems, some are not reported either.
On the other hand, if one was a native, this could be
considered common place stuff, and without alot of the
essentials common to alot of the world, they would
disregard much excitement about it, (it doesn't put food on the table or present a value) otherwise, their
life is extremely harsh normally anyway.  Understand that
some of the natives consider the bones/tusks with a 
superstition, relating to a long sleep, if one possess's
them. 

The extinction of the species, and other animals, seems
anymore to be tied up with either man himself and/or
extreme rapid climate (and short term, like a decade) climate change from what I've heard or read.  Probably really an open que
stion...with no definite resolve forthcoming. 

Regards, Meredith Lamb



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