40,000-yo foal unearthed in Siberia’s ‘Gateway to the Underworld’ in perfect condition

RT ^ | Edited time: 13 Aug, 2018 17:45 | staff

[DAC21]

Perfect Condition! Tell the horses missing tail that.

[Red Badger]

That is new information to me.

Great! That means that they can now clone my old ass.....................

[Bellflower]

A horse is a horse, of course, of course, and is still just a horse, of course, no matter how long he is supposed, that is, to have been buried in permafrost of the earth, of course, even if he’s the famous little colt.

[dsc]

“It doesn’t need more of me.”

Actually, it does.

You are intelligent enough to be a conservative, so you owe the gene pool as many offspring as you can manage.

BTW, due to mortality, replacement level is three children per couple. Two is losing ground.

[Vermont Lt]

God and/nature made that decision for us.

But i appreciate your faith in me!

[Duchess47]

New article with more pictures of the foal.

https://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/perfectly-preserved-ancient-foal-is-shown-to-the-world-for-the-first-time/

[Red Badger]

Thanks! I hope it can be cloned!...................

[Duchess47]

I find the whole thing fascinating.

The article states the foal was 98cm at the shoulder which I think is 36 inches.

Also states they believe it to be equus lambei which was only 4 foot tall.

“Based on the fossil records discovered in the Yukon, Equus lambei is believed to have been a small, slender, caballoid horse (about four ft tall), with a broad skull and a relatively long protocones”

Also states they believe the foal is approx. 2mos old. I’ve raised a lot of foals and I think it’s younger than that.

It will be really interesting to see what DNA says.

[GOYAKLA]

Would this place them akin to the present day Mongolian horse?
I’ve never own a horse but do love them.

[Duchess47]

I don’t know. Wikipedia says the Mongolian horse is 48 to 56 inches tall. That still makes this foal pretty tall for the breed. Now that’s jmo, I’m no scientist at all.

[Red Badger]

The foal was 3 ft tall, and an adult is only 4 foot tall?.........

[Duchess47]

Doesn’t make sense at all does it?

[SunkenCiv]

I'd saddle for a simple DNA breakdown.

[SunkenCiv]

Sadly, the foal died on the way to his Ed class..

[Red Badger]

Quit horsing around.........................