<h5>What is a mammoth?</h5>  <p>The world around us is beautiful, isn’t it? We have a variety of landscapes such as mountains, grasslands, etc. But what if we were to tell you that our world wasn’t always like this.</p>
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It can be impossible to imagine, but a very long time ago, large parts of the world were only covered with ice. This period is very aptly named the ice age. Many different animals used to roam our world during this time. Most of those animals are now extinct. One such extinct animal is a mammoth.</p>
<p>Imagine an elephant, but heavier and with longer tusks, and you got a mammoth. Mammoths were large herbivores that went extinct roughly 3500-4000 years ago. They lived all over the world, from Asia and Europe to North and South America. There were many different types of mammoths, like the Woolly Mammoth, Columbian Mammoth, etc. </p>
<p>Recently, a mummified baby woolly mammoth was found in Canada. Let’s find out more about it.
</p> <h5>What is the discovery all about?</h5> <figure>
        <img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/mummified-baby-woolly-mammoth-found-in-canada%2Fmummified-baby-woolly-mammoth-found-in-canada-section2.jpeg?alt=media&token=4173b690-7a0a-40bc-a947-7fe39bca32dd" alt="What is the discovery all about?" >
        <figcaption>The skeleton of a woolly mammoth on display in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, United States. Photo by Jonathan Chen / CC BY-SA 4.0.; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woolly_Mammoth-Field_Museum.jpg</figcaption>
      </figure> <p>During the ice age, Canada was completely covered with ice. The woolly mammoths lived in these icy parts. </p>
<p>Just a few days ago, some miners working in Canada's Yukon territory found a mummified baby woolly mammoth. The baby is believed to be a female and died around 30,000 years ago. The local people have named the baby mammoth ‘Nun cho ga’, which translates to "big baby animal” in English.</p>
<p>Scientists have stated that the baby mammoth is one of the most well-preserved mummified ice age animals ever, as her skin and hair are still attached to the body. The discovery is significant because it is very rare to find mummified remains in such good condition. 
</p> <h5>Why is this a valuable discovery?</h5>  <p>Scientists have been studying mummified remains of humans, animals, and plants for a long time. We even have a name for such kind of study - palaeontology. People involved in it are called palaeontologists. </p>
<p>Palaeontologists study the remains of living creatures to help us better understand their lives. It answers questions about their diet, the cause of their deaths, etc. Mummified remains also give clues to understanding the weather conditions of those times. They also provide us with information about the evolutionary history of these animals.</p>
<p>The baby mammoth has already given us some information about herself. Palaeontologists said that she was found with grass in her intestines and was probably around thirty days old when she died.
</p> <h5>How can I know more about these mummified animals?</h5> <figure>
        <img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/mummified-baby-woolly-mammoth-found-in-canada%2Fmummified-baby-woolly-mammoth-found-in-canada-section1.jpg?alt=media&token=3ec4f5f7-97f2-4ae3-9aab-d7adc7c45a25" alt="How can I know more about these mummified animals?" >
        <figcaption>Remains of a woolly mammoth are studied by palaeontologists. Photo by Ryan Somma / CC BY 2.0.; https://www.flickr.com/photos/ideonexus/7322557760/</figcaption>
      </figure> <p>Mummified remains tell us a lot about the life of these animals. If you want to learn more about it when you grow up, you can study to become a palaeontologist. As a palaeontologist, you can study mammoths and other cool animals like the dinosaurs.
For now, you can keep an eye out for any news related to the baby mammoth and the discovery of other mummified animals.
</p> <h5>Mammoths seem awesome. How can I know more about them?</h5>  <p>We agree, mammoths are amazing animals! Palaeontologists have studied the mummified remains of mammoths to know more about them. The information on mammoths has allowed people to make documentaries on them. You can watch those documentaries to get to know mammoths better.
If you are a movie person, you can watch the ‘Ice Age’ films to see what mammoths used to look like and what kind of environment they lived in.
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A mummified baby woolly mammoth was found in Canada. It can tell us a lot about the lives of mammoths. How? Let’s find out!

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