Pakafukufuku wofufuza zam'madera aku Cape Ryty, kwa nthawi yoyamba mbalame yosowa ngati mbalame yakuda idazindikira ku Baikal. Mbalameyi ili pangozi ndipo yatchulidwa mu Red Book of Russia.
Malinga ndi zomwe a Zapovednik Pribaikalye apereka, mbalame yakuda ndi imodzi mwazinyama zazikuluzikulu zodya nyama ku Central Asia. Malinga ndi m'modzi mwa akatswiri azakuthambo a "Reserved Pribaikalye", mbalame yakuda ndi mbalame yosowa kwambiri m'derali.
Nthawi yoyamba mbalameyi inawoneka m'dera la Baikal National Park zaka 15 zapitazo. Ndipo nthawi yomaliza pomwe adawonedwa posachedwa ndi anthu am'mudzi wina, pomwe adadya zovunda ndi chimbalangondo. Apanso, chiwombankhanga chakuda chidawoneka mu Ogasiti, pomwe chimakhala pamiyala yayikulu pafupi ndi gombe la nyanjayo. Mwina, kuwonekera kwa mbalameyi pakiyi patapita nthawi yayitali kumatha kuonedwa ngati chizindikiro chabwino.
Kulemera kwake kwa mbalameyi ndi pafupifupi kilogalamu 12 ndipo mapiko ake amatha kufika mamita atatu. Zaka zakutchire zimatha zaka 50. Mbalame yakuda imatha kuwona ngakhale nyama yaying'ono itagona pansi kuchokera kutalika kwambiri, ndipo ngati nyamayo ikadali ndi moyo, siyimenyana nayo, koma moleza mtima imayembekezera kufa, ndipo pokhapokha itatsimikiza izi, imayamba "kupha nyama". Popeza mbalame yakuda imadyetsa nyama zakufa, imagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri mwadongosolo.
