Lyuba 💔 #history #archaeology

[shark_kisses]

I bet her mother and the rest of her herd were devastated. Poor sweet baby, you live forever in history now.

[Emmaforever]

She looks so peaceful. Like she's dreaming happy dreams.

[vincentgeiszler]

She’s so beautiful. She was loved then, and she’s loved now.

[Nacadela]

I wasn't expecting the waterworks but the milk still in her belly got me

[jacquelineholts]

Poor little precious baby mammoth....i know mommy was absolutely devistated😢

[MasterKerniliuz]

The fact that those herd of mammoths are long gone...🥲

[Marchery]

Lyuba (Люба) is a short form of the name Lyubov' (Любовь) which is also a word for 'love' in russian❤

[renahime_]

i'm tearing up. the fact she still has milk in her stomach from her mother is heart wrenching. sweet little baby.. 😢

[Ilovechocolate-yd]

History is so beautiful tho. People and animals separated by thousands of years able to be aware of the others existence, showing us the beauty that was on the Earth before us and the beauty that will come after us <3

[spiderscout]

I think people tend to think ancient creatures were incomparable to ones we love today, but no animal is a monster. We all breath the same air and return to the same ground, and i think we should all be loved.

[meganlange]

I remember reading about Lyuba in Nat Geo years ago when I was little and she was on the cover. They had someone write a really heart wrenching account of how they thought she died and claimed that her mother stood by but couldn’t help her 😭 I’ve always had a place in my heart for her since then.

[hilarymol]

I'm crying. What a sweet, sweet animal.

[Bowinwj]

To think we can discover something from so long ago is incredible!

[cookiesandwater]

In one of my IGCSE mock exams, we did a reading test with a comprehension based on her. Though it was a long time ago, the memory never left me. We love you Lyuba, and your memory shall be forever cherished <3

[ptrparkrparkour]

I remember reading about this in National Geographic and was obsessed with it and cried thinking about how desperate it must’ve felt while dying

[kristinalobzhanidze]

Why does this poor sweet creature inspire such grief in us, I want to cry and give her a hug

[kaede_]

She has a cute smile imprinted forever😭

[diananoonen]

This is a profound statement to have compassion over a creature so many thousands of years later.
Memory eternal.

[gibigoro]

there was actually a soviet cartoon which was inspired by Luyba, called “Mom for a baby mammoth” and it’s absolutely heartbreaking

[heathenised]

❤ Sweet little angel... all animals are too pure for this cruel, cruel world.