Russian Hunters Discover 10,000-year-old Frozen Woolly Rhino in River

OutdoorHub ^ | 2/27/15 | Daniel Xu

[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.”

[DannyTN]

John McCain = woolly rhino, ROFLMAO, I believe it is!!!

[curmudgeonII]

Are they sure it was “wholly” rhinoceros? It didn’t have some chicken mixed in?

It was a 50/50 mixture. One rhinocreos, one chicken.