Raising the Mammoth
by Jean-Charles Deniau
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Actor: Bernard Buigues, Dick Mol, Jeff Bridges, Larry Agenbroad, N.K. VereshchaginDirector: Jean-Charles Deniau
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-06-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Family Home Ent
Movie Reviews of Raising the Mammoth
Movie Review: Once in a lifetime event that shouldn't be missed
Summary: 5 Stars
This isn't an epic show, but it is an epic discovery. Mammoths have been raised before, but never in a sophisticated manner like this that keeps them preserved. Perhaps a little tedious for young restless viewers who just want to see a real "live" mammoth, this show covers everything... the horrible frigid conditions in which the scientists prepared to locate and raise the animal, technology used, local native peoples, and right down to the DNA.
These scientists use everything from the biggest helicopter on earth to a simple hair dryer to do their work... to actually see the tufts of hair protruding from the ice is breath taking, and hearing the scientist describe the smell of the still intact animal can really put goose bumps on you. They discuss the real (a la "Jurassic Park") possibility of creating a real Wooly Mammoth clone, using a modern elephant as a surrogate mother... and the second best option, an actual hybrid of the prehistoric animal and an African or Asian elepahnt. Can you imagine? This a great show for classrooms, home-schoolers and anyone who loves animals, science and the allure of prehistoric animals. Not just the old dried-up bones, but the entire animal... right there in suspended animation... an incredible sight to behold.
Summary of Raising the Mammoth
In 1998, a team led by a French archaeologist went to upper Siberia, following the tip that there may have been a woolly mammoth encased in the permafrost. The team was forced to rely on local nomads for help in locating the beast; the natives were the first to locate the mammoth's huge tusks. Fighting the unforgiving climate, the team only had a small window of time in which to work before the Siberian winter would stop them; indeed, they had to return the following year to unearth the gigantic prehistoric animal. Eventually they wound up airlifting out, with an enormous Soviet-era cargo helicopter, a huge block of ice with two tusks sticking out and a mammoth inside. In typically exhaustive Discovery Channel fashion, Raising the Mammoth not only follows the efforts of the determined archaeologists, but discusses the history and evolution of the mammoth, theories about the species' demise, and the possibilities of using mammoth DNA to produce clones with today's technology (shades of Jurassic Park). It's a fascinating look at what had to be an enormous struggle, one that paid off in terms of scientific knowledge and archaeological significance. --Jerry Renshaw
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