Well Preserved 50,000 Year Old Cave Lion Cub Is Discovered In Siberia And Scientists Are Hoping To Clone It!

The pre-historic animal was found in permafrost on the bank of Tirekhtykh River of the Abyisky district of Yakutia by a local resident Boris Berezhnov. Excited scientists unveiled the discovery with its facial features clearly visible.

The animal was aged around one and a half to two months old when it perished. It is not yet clear whether the cub was male or female. Expert Dr Albert Protopopov said: 'It is a perfectly preserved lion cub, all the limbs have survived. There are no traces of external injuries on the skin. The preservation is so good that it raises hopes of cloning the species back to life.
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