'We were sailing past a ravine and noticed hair hanging on the top of it,' said Alexander. He and friend Semen Ivanov thought at first it was the remains of a reindeer, before realising they had made a truly historic discovery. The rhino was found on the right bank of a stream flowing into Semyulyakh River by Alexander 'Sasha' Banderov, a hunter and businessman from Abyysky district. The discovery of the baby woolly rhinoceros preserved in permafrost was described as 'sensational' by local palaeontologists in Russia's largest region.Įxperts hope to be able to extract DNA from remains of the extinct creature which was today being handed over to scientists from the Academy of Sciences in Yakutsk, capital of the Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia. Picture: Academy of Sciences Republic of Sakha 'The find is absolutely unique, a baby rhino was never found before'.
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