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Why do you think scientists would choose to use the egg of an elephant to try to grow a woolly mammoth?
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∙ 6y ago
Elephants are mammals, they do not lay eggs.
If elephants are descendants of the woolly mammoth, or they share the same genetic ancestor, scientists may consider playing with the DNA in an elephant egg cell to bring out the traits of the woolly mammoth.
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∙ 6y ago
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Can a woolly mammoth be crossed with an elephant?
no
What is related to the woolly mammoth?
Elephant
What is a prehistoric elephant-like animal?
Woolly Mammoth
What look like a woolly mammoth?
A hairy Elephant ;)
Is a woolly mammoth a dinosaur?
There are many present day animals that are relatives of the woolly mammoth. The Elephant is the most recognizable, but, there are in fact others such as the Rat, leopard and Turkey are all relatives as well.
What made the woolly mammoth so unique?
The Woolly Mammoth was so unique because of its large size. In fact the term "mammoth" means large, enormous size. It's also unique because the Woolly Mammoth was very woolly and it is the ancestor of the modern elephant.
What are scientists trying to do with the woolly mammoth?
A scantiest in Japan is working with Russia and the US to clone the DNA of the woolly mammoth from frozen ti-shoe to make a woolly mammoth in about 2-3 years.
What is another name for a elephant?
One of the prehistoric elephants was the Woolly Mammoth. It had tusk, a trunk, only different by the woolly fur, not skin.
What was a woolly mammoth?
A woolly mammoth was a brown hairy, prehistoric elephant that weighed 9 tons, stood 15 ft tall, and had very long tusks.
What is the wooly mammoth related to?
The woolly mammoth's closest living relatives are Elephas, the Asian elephant, and Loxodonta, the African bush and African forest elephant.
How does the woolly mammoth get its name?
Scientists had a laugh with this one. The bitsy "woolly mammoth" is actually a tiny hairless rodent with no teeth. They named it on "opposite day".
Where did the elephant come from?
It came from Africa and Asia, where it originated from the woolly mammoth.
