BEIJING, April 30 --  An exhibit called "Ten Thousand Years of Icebound Behemoths" opened on Tuesday at the Beijing Museum of Natural History.

    It is the mainland's first display of mammoth remains.

    The exhibition is co-sponsored by the Beijing Nature Museum and Russia's Yakut-Sakha Republic. There are two mammoths on show.

    One is a male adult, with the full head and left foreleg preserved. It's about 18,000 years old. Another, a cub, features the full upper half of the body. It's about 40,000 years old. They are the best-preserved mammoth remains.

    The organizers will also exhibit whole skeletons and tooth fossils of mammoths and several other species of prehistoric mammals.

    Soundbite: Li Jianjun, Professor of paleontology, researcher in the Beijing Nature Museum

    "Mammoths died out just a few thousand years ago. Through the exhibition, we can gain an awareness of environmental protection, as several other species face the dangers of annihilation."

    The organizer will hold special activities for children.

    Soundbite: Tourist "

    "I only saw pictures of mammoths in books, but I want to see real ones."

    This exhibition runs until July 10.

    Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.

    (Source: XHTV)