Mammoth skeleton found in Siberia (BBC) {can't afford the dig!}

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By James Rodgers
BBC News, Moscow

Fishermen in Siberia have discovered the complete skeleton of a mammoth - a find which Russian experts have described as very rare.
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The mammoth's backbone, skull, teeth and tusks all survived intact. It appears to have died aged about 50.
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"It happens very rarely," he told the BBC. "I've been in the area 14 years and this is the first time. The bones are usually spread around over a wide area."
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Mr Kerzhayev says his museum has neither the equipment nor the money to dig out the mammoth. At the moment, his best option may be to remove only parts of the skeleton.

Mr Kerzhayev admits it would be a pity just to leave the mammoth where it is, on the shore of a reservoir, but he says: "No one seems to care."
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5008664.stm

And you thought support for science sucked in the US. After the collapse of the USSR (remember that?) Russia had nuclear weapons designers driving taxicabs. Not surprising if many of them were tempted to seek better living abroad.