Posted on 04/09/2015 10:06:56 AM PDT by Utilizer
Paleontologists are calling a recent find in the Russian region of Yakutia a “sensation.” Last September, Aleksandr Banderov and his hunting party were traveling near the Semyulyakh River when they uncovered the preserved carcass of an adolescent wholly rhinoceros, a species that roamed the frozen landscapes of Europe and northern Asia during the last Ice Age. The hunters initially thought it was a reindeer frozen in the ice, but quickly realized it was something much older.
“We were sailing past a ravine and noticed hair hanging on the top of it,’ Alexander told The Siberian Times. “At first we thought it was a reindeer’s carcass, but after it thawed and fell down we saw a horn on its upper jaw and realized it must be a rhino. The part of the carcass that stuck out of the ice was eaten by wild animals, but the rest of it was inside the permafrost and preserved well.”
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Pics at link, for what they are worth. A historical discovery indeed.
Tastes like steak..
Thanks, fascinating.
Are they sure it was “wholly” rhinoceros? It didn’t have some chicken mixed in?
—hope it can be cloned —Central Park-NYC- would be a great habitat-—
Maybe we can mate it with a wooly mammoth. And get a wooly wooly rhinomamoth.
Boy, now did the citizens of Bedrock cause the wooly rhinoceros and the wooly mammoth to go extinct? I’m blaming the Flintstones!”
Bob Dole in a Kansas snowstorm?
Yes, and I was about to wonder what if it was John McCain or Lindsay Graham or Thad Cochran they found over there instead.
I should mention that many years ago I read about how some settlers out hunting came upon a frozen Woolly Mammoth entombed in the ice. A group of men gathered at the site once word got out and they chopped it out of the ice.
Reports were that the meat was a bit gamey, but edible. No word on exactly what the taste reminded them of.
Welcome, although the pictures are difficult to see anything in. A historical discovery indeed.
LOL!
Don’t know if this is along the lines of your usual interests, but you might have a look and see if it does, mate.
Yeah, I’ve never heard what it tasted like either.
I do wonder if they could clone the darn things.
I was thinking more along the climate of Alaska, actually.
The other white meat?...
Tasted so good we ate them all, except for the ones that got away.
A lot of hair left on that critter, think I’ll dig out my Sam the Sham CD for a little Wooly Bully.
"Millions of years ago, these moderate Republican creatures roamed the Earth and pissed off the conservative cavemen as their genetic offspring continues to do today."
I was going to post, TTIUWP, but then...
Pics at link, for what they are worth.
Hey, the Class of 98 covers everything in their posts...
Usually.
8^)
5.56mm
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