【Imaginebeingface-to-facewithawoollymammoth(猛犸).Itwouldbequiteasight.Scientistsbelieveitwouldtowerat11feettall.Thewoollymammothwouldhaveapowerfultrunkandsharptusksthatstretchupto10feet.Itsthickhairwoul】
Imaginebeingface-to-facewithawoollymammoth(猛犸).Itwouldbequiteasight.Scientistsbelieveitwouldtowerat11feettall.Thewoollymammothwouldhaveapowerfultrunkandsharptusksthatstretchupto10feet.Itsthickhairwouldbeuptothreefeetlong.Itwouldweighsixtons—aboutasmuchasabus.
You’veprobablyneverseenagiantfurryelephantbefore.Actuallyyoudefinitelyhaven’t.Thespecieshasbeenextinctforthousandsofyears.
Butafewyearsfromnowyoumightbeabletoseeawoollymammothforyourself.Scientistsbelievetheyhavethetechnologytorecreateone.
AteamofSouthKoreanandRussianscientistsplantocloneawoollymammoth.Howwilltheydoit?SeveralwoollymammothbodieshavealreadybeendiscoveredinSiberiaanicyregioninRussia.Thescientistsplantotakecellsfromthesefrozenmammoths.
Thescientistsbelievethewholeprocesswilltakefiveyears.Manyscientistsandanimalloverscan’twait.Itwillbesoexcitingtheythinktobeabletobringbacktolifeacreaturethathasbeenextinctfrothousandsofyears.Peoplewouldtravelfromaroundtheworldforthechancetoseeawoollymammoth.Byobservingthewaythecreaturelooksandactsscientistsmightmakebrand-newdiscoveriesaboutthehistoryofanimallife.
Otherexpertsaren’tsosureaboutthewoollymammothproject.Onebigquestioniswhattodowithamammoth.TheEarthhaschangedinthethousandsofyearssincetheseanimalsroamedtheplanet.Wherewouldthecreatureliveandwoulditbeabletosurviveintoday’sclimate?
Thenthere’sthecost:somebelievethatthemoneybeingspentontheexperimentcouldbebetterspentonotherimportantscientificprojectssuchasfightingdiseases.
ButtheSouthKoreanandRussianscientistsarestickingtotheirplan.Theyadmittheyhaveabigchallengeahead.Thereisnoguaranteethattheywillsucceedbutthey’rehopeful.
1. Whatdoweknowaboutawoollymammoth?
A.Ithasshorthair. B.Ithasaheavybuild.
C.Ithassix-foot-longlegs. D.Ithasathree-foot-longtrunk.
2. Thewoollymammothprojectreferstotheplanto______.
A.searchfortheani