Auction house Sotheby's in Paris is offering a complete mammoth skeleton, and it is expected to sell for up to 250,000 euro.
Social media goes crazy over images of reptile with spikey back and alligator-like features.
Remarkable images show a test tube blood sample from a female of the long-extinct species.
Discovery of blood in creature frozen for 43,000 years is seen as major breakthrough by international team.
The prospects of a cloned mammoth is nearer after the sensational discovery of 'living cells' from the ancient creatures in northern Siberia.