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  • What happens to cells when ice melts?
    Degenerate quickly
  • How long might it take to perfect cloning techniques?
    Fifty years
  • How old was Yuka when she died?
    Six to eleven years
  • Why are more frozen animals being discovered?
    Melting ground
  • Which field is excited about Yuka’s discovery?
    Palaeontology
  • What part of Yuka was found that excited scientists?
    Blood
  • Is cloning a mammoth likely soon?
    No
  • What do scientists hope to do with Yuka’s cells?
    Clone a mammoth
  • Why would cloned mammoths be lonely?
    Only one or two could be made
  • Where would cloned mammoths likely live?
    Zoo or research facility
  • What does Sir Ian Wilmut think about cloning a mammoth?
    Too optimistic
  • How long was Yuka frozen?
    39 000y
  • Where were Yuka’s blood samples sent?
    South Korea
  • Who cloned Dolly the sheep?
    Sir Ian Wilmut
  • What is the name of the mammoth?
    Yuka
  • What unexpected animal appears in the zoo?
    Woolly mammoth
  • How many species go extinct each year according to WWF?
    10 000
  • Where was Yuka found?
    Siberian permafrost
  • What do scientists prefer to focus on?
    Saving existing animals