Lyuba

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Lyuba (Люба) is a female mammoth calf which died ca 40,000 years ago at the age of six months. Discovered in May 2007 by reindeer breeder and hunter Yuri Khudi in Russia's Arctic Yamal Peninsula, it was named "Lyuba" after the discoverer's wife. The calf weighed 50 kg (110 lb), was 85 centimeters high and measured 130 centimeters from trunk to tail, roughly the same size as a large dog.^[1][2]

Upon finding, the calf was remarkably well-preserved; its eyes and trunk were intact and some fur remained on its body. The mammoth is to be transferred to Jikei University in Japan for further studying, including computer tomography scans.

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