Posted on 08/07/2017 9:21:54 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
4,200 yo bird found 'perfectly preserved' in ice (PHOTO)
Published time: 5 Aug, 2017 22:56
Edited time: 6 Aug, 2017 16:12
A frozen 4,200-year-old redwing thrush has been found perfectly preserved in Norway. The bird, whose age was determined through carbon tests, was dissected to determine if the bird’s organs have also survived the test of time.
The thrush was discovered by a warden with the Norwegian Nature Supervisor Agency on the edge of a snow bank in the Oppdal mountains, according to Jorgen Rosvold, a researcher with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, who spoke to NRK.
“That it is 4,000 years old is absolutely fantastic,” said Rosvold. “We have never opened and seen how a 4,000 year-old bird looks inside,” he added.
Researchers initially believed the bird to be no more than a few hundred years old, and now believe it flew over Norway’s skies thousands of years ago. It’s also thought the bird was caught and killed by a wolverine or fox.
“It was probably caught by a wolverine or a fox. We know that wolverines use ice to store food during the summer. So this thrush may have been put in the ice by a wolverine and has only been found again now,” Rosvold said.
An examination of the bird revealed a number of intact organs, including the heart and liver, which could provide an unprecedented insight into living conditions in Norway all those years ago.
“[Intact organs] would give us that opportunity to carry out tests and give us an insight into environmental conditions when the bird died,” said Rosvold prior to the dissection.
African or European Thrush?
Is it a tit-pecker?
It’s not a matter of “if”, it’s a matter of “how” the dead bird will be used to prove that global warming exists.
Are they sure the bird is 4000 years old? Looks like it had been tagged.
Sure, but can it migrate while carrying a coconut?
It’s pining for the fjords.
Damn Starlings...crapping everywhere and on everything for thousands of years.
“’E’s just resting.”
It was probably tagged by a 4000 year old member of the Norwegian chapter of the Audobon Association.
So, they are to examine the bird’s entrails to determine the future?....................Sounds familiar.................
Not anymore.
Lovely plumage!
Are you suggestin’ that coconuts migrate?
“We know wolverines use ice to store food”
That’s because the lazy rascals won’t work so they don’t have money to buy a refrigerator.
Hey! Wolverines! Get a job and quit throwing your damn birds on the skating rink!
“I got a slug”.
They measured the length of the feathers and discovered that they are about 0.013 microns shorter than those from a similar bird from current times. It proves that due to global warming, birds are now requiring longer feathers to maintain lift in the warmer atmosphere.
The only question that remains is "At what point will humans heat up the air so much that birds will no longer be able to fly, and how will this catastrophic development impact all forms of life on our fragile planet?"
The only real solution is more taxes.
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