Arrr, the learned lads be pokin' at a frosty kitty cub from ages past, 35,000 years gone, savvy?
2024-11-23
Arrr, ye scallywags! Them landlubber scientists be pokin' 'n proddin' at a wee saber-toothed cub, just three weeks old, frozen like a fish in a bilge! Aye, it be a cuddle from 35,000 moons ago, all intact, just waitin' fer a good ol’ pirate to take it home!
Ahoy, me hearties! Gather 'round fer a tale most curious, of a mummified saber-toothed cub, as preserved as a treasure in the icy clutches o' Siberia's permafrost! Found in the year o' our Lord 2020, northeast of Yakutia, this wee beastie be aged at a staggering 35,000 years, yer see!The landlubbers who penned the findings, published in the Scientific Reports on the 14th of November, 2024, be declaring such frosty discoveries from the Late Pleistocene be as rare as a mermaid’s tear! Most of 'em lie in the Indigirka River basin, but this fluffball was frozen solid, still sportin' its dark brown fur, thick as a ship's riggin'!
With its head, chest, and paws perfectly intact, the cub be identified as Homotherium latidens, a creature of yore that looked naught like yer modern lion cubs, I tells ya! A massive neck, a mouth fit to swallow a whole rum barrel, and wee ears make this critter a marvel to behold!
Scientists, those crafty scallywags, have even pondered how these beasts braved the biting cold, with paws shaped like the finest pirate boots! So raise yer tankards to this ancient find, a true gem from the frozen depths o' history! Arrr!