Scoperta del mammut di Adams, 1799

• Collaboratore: Chronicle / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: D86EYD
• Dimensioni dei file: 52 MB (3,6 MB Download compresso)
• Liberatorie: Modello - no | Proprietà - no
• Dimensioni: 5000 x 3635 px | 42,3 x 30,8 cm | 16,7 x 12,1 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 1799
• Fotografo: Chronicle

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discovery of a frozen mammoth in siberia. a local chief spotted the creature encased in transparent ice on the banks of the river lena in 1799. it took 5 years to thaw out when it was set upon by native inhabitants the tusks being sold off and the hide feasted upon by dogs and wolves. a naturalist michael adams came to hear to the mammoth gathered up its remainders repurchased the tusks and carried the whole thing to st. petersburg a distance of 7 730 miles where it was displayed in a museum. the creature became known as the adams mammoth after michael adams who recovered it.

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