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This weird woolly rhino is incredibly well-preserved after 32,000 years

Allan Rose Hill
Sep 25, 2024
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image: Russian Academy of Sciences
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This woolly rhinoceros has been dead for 32,000 years. Russian scientists found it on the banks of the Tirekhtyakh River so well-preserved in the permafrost that its skin and fur are still in decent shape.

"The vast, vast majority of remains from Ice Age animals are bones and teeth without any flesh or skin or anything l…

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