A 14,000-year-old puppy, whose perfectly preserved body was found in Russia, munched on a woolly rhino for its last meal, scientists say.
Scientists studying the body of a perfectly preserved Ice Age puppy have made an unexpected discovery -- a piece of what could be one of the last woolly rhinos inside its stomach.
Russian researchers first excavated the preserved, furry body of the canine -- which could be a dog or a wolf -- from a site in Tumat, Siberia, in 2011. Inside the 14,000-year-old puppy's stomach was a hairy piece of tissue. At first, scientists assumed the fragment belonged to a cave lion, because of its fine yellow fur. But tests by experts at Stockholm's Natural History Museum told a different story. The preserved puppy was found in Tumat, Siberia.
The mystery tissue from Tumat's tummy was sent to #CpgSthlm, where @nibbledtodeath extracted DNA to identify the species that the tissue belonged to.— Centre for Palaeogenetics August 17, 2020 "It's completely unheard of. I'm not aware of any frozen Ice Age carnivore where they have found pieces of tissue inside," he said. After radiocarbon dating the sample, experts determined that the rhino skin was around 14,400 years old.
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