Display of intact mammoth carcass

A specimen of a mammoth dating back about 39,000 years is on display in Russia.

Yuka mammoth specimen. Photo: AP.

The Yuka mammoth specimen is on display in Moscow. It is 3m long, has a 1.65m tail and is believed to have died at the age of 10, the Telegraph reported.

Yuka is a woolly mammoth discovered in the Yakutia region of Russia in 2010, frozen in the ice. Despite being buried for so many years, its body was well preserved, its remains were quite complete and retained its soft fur and golden brown color like the color of wood.

Previously, mammoth specimens were displayed in Japan, Taiwan and the Russian city of Vladivostok.

According to Albert Protopopov, an expert at the Yakutia Academy of Sciences, traces on Yuka's body show that humans hunted mammoths during the Ice Age. Mammoths are believed to have disappeared about 10,000 years ago.

According to VnExpress