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Rare mummified baby woolly mammoth found in Canada

This handout image released by the Government of Yukon on June 25, 2022, shows a complete baby woolly mammoth named Nun cho ga found in Yukon's Eureka Creek, south of Dawson City, Canada [Government of Yukon/ AFP]

Miners in the Klondike gold fields of Canada’s far north have made a rare discovery, digging up the mummified remains of a near-complete baby woolly mammoth.

Members of the local Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation named the calf Nun cho ga, which means “big baby animal”.

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