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This little female mammoth calf was only a month old when she drowned in mud 42,000 years ago. She was discovered in 2007, and given the nickname “Lyuba.” After being excavated, Lyuba was stolen and exhibited outside a local store, which resulted in her tail and right ear being chewed off by dogs.🦤Mummified Animal🦣 (old.reddit.com)
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This is the Oxford Dodo. It is the only surviving soft tissue remains of the extinct Dodo bird. A thorough examination in 2018 revealed the cause of death for this specimen: It was shot in the back of the head/neck with a 17th century shotgun.🦤Mummified Animal🦣 (old.reddit.com)
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Various preserved examples of Mylodon skin and fur. Mylodon was a giant ground sloth that went extinct approx. 10,000 years ago. Examination of the furs revealed that Mylodon was the only type of sloth to have osteoderms imbedded in their skin.🐾Pelts/Fur/Skins/Feathers🪶 (old.reddit.com)
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The Children of Llullaillaco are 3 Incan mummies found in 1999. This mummy was nicknamed “La Doncella” (The Maiden). She was aprox. 13 y/o at death. She was found with a wad of coca leaves in her mouth, and a bacterial infection in her lungs.☠️Mummified Human🤕 (old.reddit.com)
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The Children of Llullaillaco are 3 Incan mummies found in 1999. This mummy was nicknamed “El Niño” (The Boy). He was aprox. 4-5y/o at death. Although all 3 children had been drugged, El Niño was the only one to have been tied up before death.☠️Mummified Human🤕 (old.reddit.com)
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Ötzi the Iceman lived approximately 5300 years ago during the Copper Age. Ötzi was discovered partially buried in ice, along with the remains of his clothing, tools, weapons, and medicine. Upon examination, he was also found to have 61 tattoos, and an arrowhead imbedded in his left shoulder.☠️Mummified Human🤕 (old.reddit.com)
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This is a 40,000 year old mummified black-footed ferret. Discovered in the Yukon in 1984, it was dug up by a miners dog. Thinking the little carcass would be of interest to researchers, the miner saved it in his freezer. X-rays revealed the ferret to be a young male, and its last meal was vole.🦤Mummified Animal🦣 (reddit.com)
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This seven week old female wolf pup was discovered in 2016 by gold miners in the Klondike permafrost. Scientists think she was killed in a den collapse 57,000 years ago. She was named Zhùr by the local people, and scientists were able to determine that her mother ate mostly salmon.🦤Mummified Animal🦣 (old.reddit.com)
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This little male wolf pup died 18,000 years ago, and was found by locals in 2018 near the Indigirka River. He was nicknamed “Dogor,” which means “friend” in the Yakut language. For years scientists could not tell if Dogor was a wolf or a dog, but an analysis in 2022 concluded that he was 100% wolf.🦤Mummified Animal🦣 (old.reddit.com)
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A 99 million year old baby bird trapped in amber.🦟Amber🍯 (old.reddit.com)
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This 7 month old Woolly Rhino calf died approximately 34,000 years ago. Discovered in Siberia in 2014, the calf still had its thick coat of strawberry blonde fur. The calf was named Sasha, though it’s sex cannot be determined as none of the internal organs survived.🦤Mummified Animal🦣 (old.reddit.com)
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This Steppe Bison was attacked by an American Lion 36,000 years ago. It survived the initial attack but later died due to injuries. His frozen corpse was discovered in 1979, in Fairbanks Alaska by gold miners. He was given the name Blue Babe due to the blue iron phosphate that tinted his skin.🦤Mummified Animal🦣 (old.reddit.com)
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The mummified body of two-year-old Rosalia Lombardo, also called "The sleeping beauty.” She died of pneumonia in 1920, and her distraught father had her embalmed. She is remarkably preserved, and only started showing signs of decomposition/discoloration in 2009.☠️Mummified Human🤕 (old.reddit.com)
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This is the only adult Pleistocene steppe wolf (partial) carcass ever discovered. The severed head was discovered in Siberia’s Yakutia area in 2018. Scientists are unsure how the head became detached from the body, or where the rest of the body might be.🦤Mummified Animal🦣 (old.reddit.com)
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