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04/01/21 10:50 AM IST

Ice Age woolly rhino

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A well-preserved Ice Age woolly rhino with many of its internal organs still intact has been recovered from permafrost in Russia's extreme north.

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  • The animal was discovered on the bank of the Tirekhtyakh river in the Abyisk district in Yakutia.
  • Most of its intestines were intact. It had perfectly preserved soft tissue, hair and a lump of fat. Its horn was found near it.
  • Recent years have seen major discoveries of mammoths, woolly rhinos, Ice Age foal, and cave lion cubs as the permafrost increasingly melts across vast areas of Siberia because of global warming.
  • Scientists dated the carcass as anywhere from 20,000- to 50,000-years-old. More precise dating will be possible once it is delivered to a lab for radiocarbon studies.
  • Researchers dated that specimen, which they called Sasha, at 34,000 years old.
Source: The Hindu

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