A PERFECTLY-preserved lion cub that died 50,000 years ago could be key to a real-life Jurassic Park-style theme park.

The lion was found frozen in ice in Siberia, Russia. It survived almost intact for tens of thousands of years, and its fur and facial features are clearly visible. It was found with its face resting on its paw.

VERA SALNITSKAYA/THE SIBERIAN TIMES PRESERVED: The lion cub's fur and facial features are clearly visible.

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The cub is believed to have been between one and two months old when it died, but experts haven't yet found out how it died. The body was spotted on the bank of a river by villager Boris Berezhnov in the Abyisky district of Yakutia.

YAKUTIAMEDIA/THE SIBERIAN TIMES RESTING: The cub was found with its head on its paw, as if it died only yesterday.

Boris told The Siberian Times that he saw an "unrecognisable animal" in September after the river level dropped. The discovery has raised hopes that extinct animals could be brought back to life through cloning.

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VERA SALNITSKAYA/THE SIBERIAN TIMES/YAKUTIAMEDIA/THE SIBERIAN TIMES EXTINCT: The well-preserved body could be brought back to life through cloning, say scientists.

Expert Dr Albert Protopopov added that the body was almost perfectly preserved. "All the limbs have survived," he said. "There are no traces of external injuries on the skin."

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Protopopov went on to say that the condition of the cub is so good that scientists could be able to clone it. The body is about 45cm long, and experiments are being carried out to determine how old it is.

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It's believed that the lion was frozen in ice for 20 — 50,000 years. Tests on the cub's teeth are expected to tell us more about the lion.

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GETTY JURASSIC PARK: The discovery has raised hopes extinct animals such as dinosaurs could be cloned