00:03For him it was just another winter, but for Earth's history it was the end of a chapter
00:11Yet the Maimat did not disappear completely, at least not from Earth's memory; the cold had destroyed many of their remains.
00:19The bodies are preserved
00:23In Siberia and Alaska, mammoths have been found almost completely in the permanently frozen soil.
00:29Not just the bones, but the whole body
00:33Skin, hair, teeth, food inside the stomach, even eyes that are still recognizable
00:45Some Mammats were found by children while playing, some by hunters, and some by people who went to the North
00:51used to search for ivory near the rivers of
00:53Sometimes the ground gives way, the snow melts, and a huge foot appears from the mud wall.
01:00covered in hair, lying there for thousands of years
01:06These remains are a treasure trove of information for scientists; the stomachs reveal what they ate, the bones
01:12reveals the kind of life they lived, hair and teeth reveal what they were like
01:17Growing up in such a climate
01:20And DNA can be used to compare them to today's elephants and create their family tree.
01:33Every piece of ice is solid evidence.
01:37This isn't just a schoolbook fossilization.
01:41It was a real animal that walked, that felt cold, that felt hungry, that felt scared
01:49He stayed with the Jund, he protected the children
01:57One last chapter of his story is directly related to us
02:02DNA
02:04Today we can read their genetic code.
02:07And some scientists are trying to understand whether such elephants can be created.
02:12having some characteristics like maimat
02:14This will not be the real Mamet
02:16But the elephant will be huddled up for the cold
02:19hairy and overweight
02:21which can be stored in cold areas like old
02:24This idea is still experimental and is hotly debated.
02:28Some see it as a way to better understand the past and help certain environments.
02:34Some people fear that this could become a dangerous game with nature.
02:39But the real thing is something else
02:42For thousands of years, humans carved mementos on cave walls.
02:45Today they are rewriting them in computers, in the lines of diyas
02:50It shows how much influence and power we have over the world around us.
03:02The story of Mamat is not just a strange tale from old times
03:06It also talks about today's times.
03:09Mamta did not end for just one reason
03:12weather changed
03:13their living area decreased
03:15Hunting increased
03:16The trunks became smaller and a time came when
03:19When they couldn't stand it
03:20This was the combined effect of several factors.
03:27And today the same
03:28Many other species are also affected
03:29pushing to the edge
03:30Rhinoceros, elephants, tigers, polar bears
03:35Animals that seem normal to us today
03:38As Mamta seemed to our ancestors
03:40But tomorrow they too were just pictures of a book
03:43Or they can become skeletons kept in a museum.
03:59If one day you stand before Mamet's skeleton at an exhibition
04:03So stop for a moment
04:05Don't think of him as just some old prehistoric monster
04:09There was a whole group behind those bones.
04:12who walked on the ice
04:13There were children who followed their mothers.
04:15There were midnights and long journeys over the snow
04:22That skeleton is proof of that.
04:24that even the greatest giants can perish
04:26And that reminds us of something simple.
04:29Today we are deciding the future of many animals.
04:33We can move forward like this
04:35As if their homes and their lives would never end.
04:38Or we can choose what's left.
04:43protect him
04:44Mamet will never be the same again
04:47Their ice world is gone forever.
04:50But his story still exists.
04:53She survives in the snow, in the ground, and in museums.
04:56And every time we tell this story
04:59She poses a clear question to us.
05:01What will we do with the animals living on Earth today?
05:11If this story made you look at Maimat differently
05:15So stay with me on this journey
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