A female bear that was discovered in 2020 byreindeerherders in thepermafroston Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island , part of the New Siberian archipelago inRussia , has undergone a necropsy this hebdomad .
“ This uncovering is absolutely unique : the complete carcase of an ancient brown bear , ” said Maxim Cheprasov , science laboratory honcho at the Lazarev Mammoth Museum Laboratory at the North - Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk , eastern Siberia in astatement to Reuters .
Prior to being identify , the bear had been trapped in the permafrost for intimately 3,500 years . The freezing temperature of the region helped conserve the bear ’s tissues – even the contents of the bear ’s stomach were preserve , include bird feathers and plant .
Named the Etherican brown bear , since it was found east of the Bolshoy Etherican River , the body provide scientist with a unique opportunity to study the organ and tissue paper of the ancient creature .
“ For the first time , a carcase with soft tissue paper has fall into the hands of scientists , giving us the opportunity to study the home organs and test the brain , ” said Cheprasov .
During the necropsy , the team discovered that the bear had died due to an injury to its spinal newspaper column . By study the bear’sDNA , the researchers found the bear is the same as a modern - day bear from the Frederick North - due east of Russia . They also cut through the hide to examine the internal organs , appear at the brain , and perform a whole host of transmissible and microbiological investigations .
calculate to be between two and three days old , the bear is around five feet grandiloquent , and despite being over 3,000 years old still matter almost 78 kg ( 172 pound ) .
While the squad is learning all they can from the bear ’s body , there is a mystery remain about how the bear came to be plant on an island that is now separated from the mainland by almost 50 kilometer ( 31 miles ) of water . Three theories suggest that either the bear was able to thwart to the island over crank in the winter , that the island was still part of the mainland 3,500 year ago , or simply that the bear fancied a long swimming to bring in access to the island .
Many species have been break trapped in permafrost across the humans , including arhino , otherbear metal money , and evenlion cubs . Some areas are so rich in species that ivory hunters oftentimes look for mammoth ivory hidden in the icy depths .
[ H / TReuters ]
