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What unexpected animal appears in the zoo?
Woolly mammoth
What is the name of the mammoth?
Yuka
How old was Yuka when she died?
Six to eleven years
How long was Yuka frozen?
39 000y
Where was Yuka found?
Siberian permafrost
Why are more frozen animals being discovered?
Melting ground
What part of Yuka was found that excited scientists?
Blood
Where were Yuka’s blood samples sent?
South Korea
What do scientists hope to do with Yuka’s cells?
Clone a mammoth
Who cloned Dolly the sheep?
Sir Ian Wilmut
What does Sir Ian Wilmut think about cloning a mammoth?
Too optimistic
What happens to cells when ice melts?
Degenerate quickly
How long might it take to perfect cloning techniques?
Fifty years
Why would cloned mammoths be lonely?
Only one or two could be made
Where would cloned mammoths likely live?
Zoo or research facility
How many species go extinct each year according to WWF?
10 000
