Mammoth in a Mall

I'm a little late with this, the exhibition has been over for a couple of weeks, but I felt I had to mention it because this towering mammoth structure in a shopping mall is quite...well, unbelievable.

The IFC Mall, by some stroke of genius (or madness), mounted a massive exhibit on Lyuba, a baby woolly mammoth that lived about 42,000 years ago. Lyuba was found by reindeer herders in 2007 almost completely intact - save for her toenails, tail and one ear - lying frozen on a river bank. 

I learnt that mammoths lived in the Pleistocene period beginning about 2.6 million years ago and ending about 12,000 years ago. Most of the world's woolly mammoths had died by about 10,000 years ago. 

Kudos to IFC for trying to convert a mall into a museum - the exhibit attracted tons and tons of people, and there were endless lines forming just to get a closer look at Lyuba. I found it a funny sight to see this mammoth from 42,000 years ago in a modern-day mall, juxtapositioned between Bobbi Brown and Origins.

I think Lyuba might just have been blown out of her mind. 

Comments

[Sylvia]

I must admit, I walked by many times during the exhibition but had no intention to stop to take a look. Your post makes it look so much more interesting! How uncivil of me!

[Kenggai]

Alas, all too late now!