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Scientists attempt to clone Ice Age LION CUBS

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Scientists attempt to clone Ice Age LION CUBS after discovering 'near-perfect' 12,000-year-old remains in Siberia
  • 19:22, 4 MAR 2016
  • UPDATED 14:16, 5 MAR 2016
  • BY RHIAN LUBIN
Two cubs were found in Russia's Sakha Republic last August in a near-perfect state thanks to the deep-freeze conditions where they lay

Scientists are attempting to clone extinct Ice Age lion cubs by finding DNA in the remains of the creatures.

Two cubs were found in Russia's Sakha Republic last August in a near-perfect state thanks to the deep-freeze conditions where they lay.

Researchers hope to find living tissues containing DNA in the remains, which will allow them to recreate the now extinct Ice Age cave lion.

The project is a joint venture by Russian and South Korean scientists at the Joint Foundation of Molecular Paleontology at North East Russia University in the city of Yakutsk.

Semyon Grigoriev, who is involved in the lion cub project, is also working on cloning a mammoth using the same process.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/scientists-attempt-clone-ice-age-7497693
 
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My dad's got a boat on the Broads. Cave lions stalking the area would somewhat put me off using it.
 
PeteByrdie said:
My dad's got a boat on the Broads. Cave lions stalking the area would somewhat put me off using it.
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Any caves in the Broads would be too wet for lions. They'd probably lope off to somewhere hillier.
 
rynner2 said:
Any caves in the Broads would be too wet for lions. They'd probably lope off to somewhere hillier.
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For the first time ever, I'm glad I live around the Fens, then.:glee:
 
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