Scientists find preserved cave bear frozen more than 20,000 years ago

[pesco]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/09/15/scientists-find-preserved-cave.html

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[snigs]

Anyone have Grizzly/Cave bear hybrids for 2020?

[brainapkin]

Well, I guess Fortitude will actually play out IRL.

[Tamsin_Bailey]

[teknocholer]

Earlier attempts at preserving bears were only partially successful, owing to the limits of Ice Age technology.

EDIT: If you’re worried, the bear was okay. Note darts in its fur.

[ludd]

SShh!. He’s only sleeping.

[RickMycroft]

How does it taste?

[Doctor_Faustus]

You joke but there are people who have eaten mammoth. The answer is “extreme freezer burn”.

[smulder]

OK everybody, when we find a prehistoric monster frozen in the ice, what do we do?

[teknocholer]

@Doctor_Faustus

“extreme freezer burn”

Or worse. Much worse.

What Happens to Meat When You Freeze It for 35,000 Years

[Tamsin_Bailey]

Call Kurt Russell?

[Doctor_Faustus]

it turned into a smelly liquid"

Appetizing!

[Hypoxia]

Spirit of cave bear not happy remains are disturbed. All humans involved are doomed. Expect the rumours to flow.

[Brainspore]

@teknocholer

EDIT: If you’re worried, the bear was okay.

Oh you silly old bear.

[Tamsin_Bailey]

In Soviet Russia, Hunny traps you.