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The specimen was found in the Abyisk district on the bank of the Tirekhtyakh river. Another woolly rhino, estimated to be 34,000 years old, was found in the same area back in 2014.
The rhino found this year has been impressively well-preserved: many of its soft tissues are undamaged, including part of its intestines. A lump of fat and hair were also still intact, and the animal s horn was discovered nearby, the
Guardian reported.
Russian Academy of Sciences paleontologist Valery Plotnikov reportedly said on Russian news that the rhino was probably 3 or 4 years old when it died and that the animal may have drowned.