It’s A Woolly Rhino

As global warming continues to be a problem for our planet, the permafrost in the Arctic region continues to melt, and with that, more frozen prehistoric animals are uncovered. Just recently, the remains of a baby woolly rhino was discovered in Siberia. Compared to previous woolly rhinos discovered in the region (Arctic Yakutia), this is said to be the best preserved, with all of its limbs and most of its internal organs, including the intestines, still intact.

"The young rhino was between three and four years old and lived separately from its mother when it died, most likely by drowning," palaeontologist Valery Plotnikov from the Russian Academy of Sciences, who made the first description of the find, told The Siberian Times. 

"The gender of the animal is still unknown. We are waiting for the radiocarbon analyses to define when it lived, the most likely range of dates is between 20,000 and 50,000 years ago."

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(Image Credit: Valery Plotnikov/The Siberian Times)