00:00The first saber-toothed cat mummified in the world was discovered in Siberia.
00:03This 35,000-year-old kitten is incredibly well preserved.
00:05Fur, flesh, claws and even moustache are intact.
00:08It's a major discovery because scientists know very little about saber-toothed cats.
00:12Until now, they only had bone and footprint fossils.
00:14The pergélisol, a permanently frozen soil, allowed this exceptional conservation.
00:18Experts think this kitten was about three weeks old when it died.
00:21For the first time in the history of paleontology,
00:23the appearance of an extinct mammal without a modern equivalent has been studied.
00:26In other words, they analyze an animal that doesn't look like any modern cat.
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